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MY TAKE: Why locking down ‘firmware’ has now become the next big cybersecurity challenge

The Last Watchdog

Locking down firmware. Starks Federal Communications Commission member Geoffrey Starks recently alluded to the possibility that China may have secretly coded the firmware in Huawei’s equipment to support cyber espionage and cyber infrastructure attacks. telecoms by Chinese tech giant Huawei.

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Researchers warn of QNAP NAS attacks in the wild

Security Affairs

Hackers target QNAP NAS devices running multiple firmware versions vulnerable to a remote code execution (RCE) flaw addressed by the vendor 3 years ago. QNAP addressed the vulnerability with the release of firmware version 4.3.3 on July 21, 2017. ” reads the report published by 360 Netlab. .

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Second-ever UEFI rootkit used in North Korea-themed attacks

Security Affairs

The experts were investigating several suspicious UEFI firmware images when discovered four components, some of which were borrowing the source code a Hacking Team spyware. The firmware malware is based on code associated with HackingTeam’s VectorEDK bootkit, with minor changes. ” concludes the report.

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Millions of Pixel devices can be hacked due to a pre-installed vulnerable app

Security Affairs

Many Google Pixel devices shipped since September 2017 have included a vulnerable app that could be exploited for malicious purposes. Many Google Pixel devices shipped since September 2017 have included dormant software that could be exploited by attackers to compromise them. ” reads the report. ” reads the report.

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QSnatch malware infected over 62,000 QNAP NAS Devices

Security Affairs

CGI password logger This installs a fake version of the device admin login page, logging successful authentications and passing them to the legitimate login page. The first campaign likely began in early 2014 and continued until mid-2017, while the second started in late 2018 and was still active in late 2019.

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AT&T Alien Labs finds new Golang malware (BotenaGo) targeting millions of routers and IoT devices with more than 30 exploits

CyberSecurity Insiders

Ax with firmware 1.04b12 and earlier. CVE-2017-6077. NETGEAR DGN2200 devices with firmware through 10.0.0.50. Multiple ZyXEL network-attached storage (NAS) devices running firmware version 5.2, Affected products include: NAS326 before firmware V5.21(AAZF.7)C0 7)C0 NAS520 before firmware V5.21(AASZ.3)C0

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Corona Mirai botnet spreads via AVTECH CCTV zero-day 

Security Affairs

Commands can be injected over the network and executed without authentication.” The vulnerability impacts Avtech AVM1203 IP cameras running firmware versions FullImg-1023-1007-1011-1009 and prior. The malware exploits several vulnerabilities, including CVE-2017-17215 in Huawei devices, using hard-coded command and control IPs.

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