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China-linked APT BlackTech was spotted hiding in Cisco router firmware

Security Affairs

US and Japanese authorities warn that a China-linked APT BlackTech planted backdoor in Cisco router firmware to hack the businesses in both countries. BlackTech is a Chinese APT group that has been active since at least 2010 and that known for conducting cyber espionage campaigns in Asia aimed at entities in Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan.

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Router Security

Schneier on Security

Nonetheless, all but one vendor spread several private keys in almost all firmware images. was released in October 2010. There’s often no one around to write patches, and most of the time router firmware isn’t even patchable. Anyhow, they are used quite rarely by most vendors except the NX feature.

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Devices from Dell, HP, and Lenovo used outdated OpenSSL versions

Security Affairs

The researchers discovered the issue by analyzing firmware images used devices from the above manufacturers. The experts analyzed one of the core frameworks EDKII used as a part of any UEFI firmware which has its own submodule and wrapper over the OpenSSL library ( OpensslLib ) in the CryptoPkg component. that dates back to 2009.

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MI5 chief warns of Chinese cyber espionage reached an unprecedented scale

Security Affairs

.” Recently, US and Japanese intelligence, law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies warned of a China-linked APT, tracked as BlackTech (aka Palmerworm, Temp.Overboard, Circuit Panda, and Radio Panda), that planted backdoor in Cisco router firmware to access multinational companies’ networks.

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MyBook Users Urged to Unplug Devices from Internet

Krebs on Security

The My Book Live and My Book Live Duo devices received its final firmware update in 2015. “The vulnerability report CVE-2018-18472 affects My Book Live devices originally introduced to the market between 2010 and 2012,” reads a reply from Western Digital that Wizcase posted to its blog.

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Router security in 2021

SecureList

Number of router vulnerabilities according to cve.mitre.org, 2010–2022 ( download ). Number of router vulnerabilities according to nvd.nist.gov, 2010–2022 ( download ). Make sure to update the firmware. The cybercriminals infected WatchGuard and Asus devices with the Cyclops Blink malware. Conclusion.

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ISaPWN – research on the security of ISaGRAF Runtime

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The following potential vectors of attacks on ISaGRAF-based devices have been identified: A remote unauthenticated attacker could execute privileged commands of the IXL service on devices with ISaGRAF Runtime versions released before 2010. A remote attacker could easily implement a password brute force attack in ISaGRAF Runtime.