Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

.” 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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

The protocol Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) was released in 2010 and it is designed to implement a new generation of services for mobile applications. The issue initially causes denial of service ( DoS ), but “attackers could reverse engineer products firmware to possibly leverage remote execution,” the researchers say.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 8, 2022

Vamosi: I first became aware of Martin's work back in 2010 when I was writing when gadgets betray us, Martin had observed that certain manufacturers were using fixed pins such as 000 to make it easier for customers to pair their mobile devices with their cars. I mean, how exactly is it different from Wi Fi or NFC? Very unlikely.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Firmware Rootkit. A firmware rootkit uses device or platform firmware to create a persistent malware image in the router, network card, hard drive or the basic input/output system (BIOS). The rootkit is able to remain hidden because firmware is not usually inspected for code integrity. Prevention.

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