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MoonBounce: the dark side of UEFI firmware

SecureList

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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SonicWall warns of ‘imminent ransomware’ attacks on its EOL products

Security Affairs

x firmware in an imminent ransomware campaign using stolen credentials.” “The exploitation targets a known vulnerability that has been patched in newer versions of firmware.” The network equipment vendor is now urging customers to update the firmware of their devices as soon as possible. “If 34 or 9.0.0.10

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ZoomEye IoT search engine cached login passwords for tens of thousands of Dahua DVRs

Security Affairs

A security researcher discovered that the IoT search engine ZoomEye has cached login passwords for tens of thousands of Dahua DVRs. The IoT search engine ZoomEye has cached login passwords for tens of thousands of Dahua DVRs, the discovery was made by security researcher Ankit Anubhav, Principal Researcher at NewSky Security.

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Sounding the Alarm on Emergency Alert System Flaws

Krebs on Security

It had the username and password for the system printed on the machine. That may be because the patches were included in version 4 of the firmware for the EAS devices, and many older models apparently do not support the new software. According to the EAS wiki, in February 2013, hackers broke into the EAS networks in Great Falls, Mt.

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SonicWall warns users of “imminent ransomware campaign”

Malwarebytes

The exploitation targets a known vulnerability that has been patched in newer versions of SonicWall firmware. x versions of the firmware. x firmware. x firmware versions. The notice mentions the following products along with recommended actions: SRA 4600/1600 (EOL 2019) disconnect immediately and reset passwords.

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Novidade, a new Exploit Kit is targeting SOHO Routers

Security Affairs

A-Link WL54AP3 / WL54AP2 (CVE-2008-6823) D-Link DSL-2740R D-Link DIR 905L Medialink MWN-WAPR300 (CVE-2015-5996) Motorola SBG6580 Realtron Roteador GWR-120 Secutech RiS-11/RiS-22/RiS-33 (CVE-2018-10080) TP-Link TL-WR340G / TL-WR340GD TP-Link WR1043ND V1 (CVE-2013-2645). The latter attack hit websites worldwide.

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Kali Linux 2023.4 Release (Cloud ARM64, Vagrant Hyper-V & Raspberry Pi 5)

Kali Linux

It is responsible for redirecting every request to its nearest mirror, based on a few factors such as geographic location, mirror speed, and mirror “freshness” Since Kali was launched back in March 2013, until November 2023 we had been using MirrorBrain.