SecureList

JANUARY 20, 2022

At the end of 2021, we were made aware of a UEFI firmware-level compromise through logs from our Firmware Scanner , which has been integrated into Kaspersky products since the beginning of 2019. This one is made up of implants found in the UEFI firmware within the SPI flash, a non-volatile storage external to the hard drive.

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Firmware Malware Encryption Passwords 145

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. So it gives you a lot of fertile ground to work on, as compared with the mostly heavily encrypted SSL, TLS web components that a lot of websites and apps use.

IoT 52

IoT Hacking Internet Internet 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. So it gives you a lot of fertile ground to work on, as compared with the mostly heavily encrypted SSL, TLS web components that a lot of websites and apps use.

IoT 52

IoT Hacking Internet Internet 52