Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, February 2021. The sudo vulnerability aka CVE-2001-3156 , seemed to go under the radar after it was announced and patches were released on 26th January 2021. Npower App Hack.

Energy and Utilities 145

Energy and Utilities Ransomware DDOS Accountability 145

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 07:39. Over-the-air (OTA) software and firmware updates must be delivered securely and effectively. Electronic control unit (ECU) threats : malicious firmware updates act as a ‘trojan horse’ which allows the hacker to imitate trust and remotely access vehicle control systems.

IoT 77

IoT Firmware Manufacturing Encryption 77

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 31, 2021

Tue, 06/01/2021 - 06:55. In our previous blog post , we discussed the challenges for securing IoT deployments, and how businesses and consumers benefit from authenticating and validating IoT software and firmware updates. A critical component of reliable IoT FAN deployments is the ability to secure firmware upgrades at scale.

IoT 71

IoT Computers and Electronics Manufacturing Firmware 71

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 20, 2022

Incidents of malware targeting Linux-based Internet of Things (IoT) devices jumped by more than a third in 2021, with three malware families the primary drivers behind the increase. There was a 10-fold increase in the number of samples of Mozi found in the wild, Mihai Maganu, a threat researcher at CrowdStrike, wrote in a blog post.

IoT 145

IoT DDOS Malware Internet 145

Kali Linux

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

In Secure Kali Pi (2022) , the first blog post in the Raspberry Pi series, we set up a Raspberry Pi 4 with full disk encryption. author: Broadcom Corporation firmware: brcm/brcmfmac*-sdio.*.bin bin firmware: brcm/brcmfmac*-sdio.*.txt We mentioned that we can leave it somewhere as a drop box. wireless LAN fullmac driver.

Firmware 52

Firmware Wireless Passwords VPN 52

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

We also identified two samples developed in December 2021 containing test strings and preceding revisions of the ransom note observed in Microsoft’s shared samples. One of the identified samples was compiled on December 28, 2021, suggesting that this destructive campaign had been planned for months. … ?????? ??????!!!

Malware 135

Malware Firmware Government Phishing 135

McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

Though this partnership, our research led us to discover five previously unreported vulnerabilities in the medical system which include: CVE-2021-33886 – Use of Externally-Controlled Format String (CVSS 7.7). CVE-2021-33885 – Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity (CVSS 9.7). Braun on January 11, 2021.

Computers and Electronics 145

Computers and Electronics Authentication Software Risk 145