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Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. What’s driving the security of IoT?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. In 2017, Tesla sent an over-the-air update to their Model S and X vehicles to extend maximum battery capacity and driving range, which allowed owners to drive an extra 30 miles outside the evacuation area as Hurricane Irma was bearing down on Florida. What’s driving the security of IoT? Edge Devices.

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Second-ever UEFI rootkit used in North Korea-themed attacks

Security Affairs

The experts were investigating several suspicious UEFI firmware images when discovered four components, some of which were borrowing the source code a Hacking Team spyware. The firmware malware is based on code associated with HackingTeam’s VectorEDK bootkit, with minor changes. ” concludes the report.

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AT&T Alien Labs finds new Golang malware (BotenaGo) targeting millions of routers and IoT devices with more than 30 exploits

CyberSecurity Insiders

However, there is a difference between the Mirai malware and the new malware variants using Go, including differences in the language in which it is written and the malware architectures. Ax with firmware 1.04b12 and earlier. CVE-2017-6077. NETGEAR DGN2200 devices with firmware through 10.0.0.50. CVE-2017-18368.

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US gov agencies e private firms warn nation-state actors are targeting ICS & SCADA devices

Security Affairs

“The APT actors’ tools have a modular architecture and enable cyber actors to conduct highly automated exploits against targeted devices. . “The APT actors’ tools have a modular architecture and enable cyber actors to conduct highly automated exploits against targeted devices. To nominate, please visit:?

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Mirai code re-use in Gafgyt

Security Affairs

In this blog, we’ll take a look at some of the re-used Mirai modules , their functionality, and the Uptycs EDR detection capabilities of Gafgyt. Gafgyt also uses some of the existing exploits (CVE-2017-17215, CVE-2018-10561) to download the next stage payloads, which we will discuss further on. Some of the recent Gafgyt variants (e.g.,

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BotenaGo strikes again – malware source code uploaded to GitHub

CyberSecurity Insiders

The Mirai botnet targets mostly routers and IoT devices, and it supports different architectures including Linux x64, different ARM versions, MIPS, PowerPC, and more. Install security and firmware upgrades from vendors, as soon as possible. 2027093: ET EXPLOIT Possible Netgear DGN2200 RCE (CVE-2017-6077). Recommended actions.

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NIST Cybersecurity Framework: IoT and PKI Security

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They are often delivered with default admin credentials that do not have to be changed, offer limited or no authentication support and may not have the means to update firmware – a critical need if a vulnerability is discovered that needs to be patched. In addition, IoT devices rarely follow the principles of security by design.

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