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.
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 that could be one of the things that affects that we're seeing a lot of firmware that is being reused across different devices, or are the same libraries like all over these across different projects.
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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 that could be one of the things that affects that we're seeing a lot of firmware that is being reused across different devices, or are the same libraries like all over these across different projects.
SecureList
APRIL 27, 2022
In December we were made aware of a UEFI firmware-level compromise through logs from our firmware scanning technology. Further analysis showed that the attackers modified a single component within the firmware to append a payload to one of its sections and incorporate inline hooks within particular functions.
CyberSecurity Insiders
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
China-based video surveillance related product offering company Hikvision has issued a security advisory saying that all those using their security cameras and NVRs must know a critical vulnerability on its devices that could allow hackers to take control of the cameras and use them as bots to launch DDoS or other related attacks.
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