Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

includes several new flaws, including: Vulnerability Affected software CVE-2017-17105 Zivif PR115-204-P-RS CVE-2019-10655 Grandstream CVE-2020-25223 WebAdmin of Sophos SG UTM CVE-2021-42013 Apache CVE-2022-31137 Roxy-WI CVE-2022-33891 Apache Spark ZSL-2022-5717 MiniDVBLinux. “Since the release of Zerobot 1.1,

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

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. The experts observed that once a device has been infected, the malicious code can prevent the installation of firmware updates.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This type of rootkit was developed as a proof of concept in 2006, but in 2017, researcher Joseph Connelly designed nested virtual machine rootkit CloudSkulk as part of his Masters degree work at Boise State University. Firmware Rootkit. The rootkit is able to remain hidden because firmware is not usually inspected for code integrity.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2019

The company has already fixed the issues with the release of firmware versions 1.2.2.S0, “The industrial managed switch series 852 from WAGO is affected by multiple vulnerabilities such as old software components embedded in the firmware. ” reads the security advisory. ” reads the security advisory.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2022

The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage. The malware leverages the firmware update process to achieve persistence. Cyclops Blink is sophisticated malware with a modular structure.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

“APT28 has been known to access vulnerable routers by using default and weak SNMP community strings, and by exploiting CVE-2017-6742 (Cisco Bug ID: CSCve54313) as published by Cisco.” “Weak SNMP community strings, including the default “public,” allowed APT28 to gain access to router information.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Moreover, those affected may be unaware that their devices run services using the discontinued Boa web server, and that firmware updates and downstream patches do not address its known vulnerabilities.” ” concludes the report. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Below the attack chain that was visible in the video PoC: The attacker takes control over the smart bulb by exploiting a vulnerability in smart light bulbs in 2017. The bridge discovers the hacker-controlled bulb with updated firmware, and the user adds it back onto their network.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2022

Experts recommend users installing routers update and patched firmware to mitigate the threat. The experts believe that threat actors behind the campaign leveraged EternalBlue (CVE-2017-0144) and EternalRed (CVE-2017-7494) exploits on unpatched Windows and Linux systems, respectively.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2021

Gafgyt also uses some of the existing exploits (CVE-2017-17215, CVE-2018-10561) to download the next stage payloads, which we will discuss further on. Figure 6: Huawei Exploit inside binary (CVE-2017-17215). Keep systems and firmware updated with the latest releases and patches. Some of the recent Gafgyt variants (e.g.,

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

TP-Link addressed a critical zero-day vulnerability ( CVE-2017-7405 ) in its TP-Link Archer routers that could be exploited by attackers to remotely take their control over LAN via a Telnet connection without authentication. “This is a zero-day flaw that was not previously reported and can affect both home and business environments.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2022

The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage. The malware leverages the firmware update process to achieve persistence. Cyclops Blink is sophisticated malware with a modular structure. ” reads the DoJ.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

“Once the attacker gains full access to the device through the botnet, the firmware level can be changed and additional malware can be planted on the device.” This is an extension understood by machines running reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architecture, which is prevalent on many IoT devices.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2022

Maintain known-good offline backups for faster recovery upon a disruptive attack, and conduct hashing and integrity checks on firmware and controller configuration files to ensure validity of those backups. . “INCONTROLLER represents an exceptionally rare and dangerous cyber attack capability.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2019

The only way to recover infected devices is to manually reinstall the device’s firmware. Silex is not the first IoT malware with this behavior, back in 2017 BrickerBot bricked millions of devices worldwide. It's trashing the storage, dropping the iptables rules, removing the network configuration and then halting the device.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Maryland was one of the very first states to recognize the importance of information security, not only as a critical issue for the nation, but also as a strategic industry for the state,” said Governor Larry Hogan. According to the U.S. This made it the nation’s eighth-largest technology hub.

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

From the 1960’s to 2000 infusion pumps were mostly electromechanical devices with some embedded electronics, but the turn of the century delivered “smarter” devices with better safety mechanisms and the possibility to program them, which slowly opened the door to information security challenges.

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