eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2022

Malicious actors tend to focus on internet-facing systems to gain entry into a network, such as email and virtual private network (VPN) servers, using exploits targeting newly disclosed vulnerabilities. Three of these vulnerabilities — CVE-2019-19781, CVE-2019-18935, and CVE-2017-11882 — were also routinely exploited in 2020.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Subsequent analysis revealed earlier instances of suspicious code dating back to 2017. Importantly, our investigation, which considered binary timestamps, indicated that this exploit was created prior to April 2017. It is worth noting that the EternalBlue exploit was publicly disclosed by the Shadow Brokers group on April 14, 2017.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The researchers identified over 1 million internet-exposed Boa server components around the world over the span of a week. 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.”

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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

There are so many reasons why manufacturers connect their products to the Internet, whether it’s industrial machines, medical devices, consumer goods or even cars. The problem becomes – how do we make sure we’re securing these “driving data centers” against the risks and threats that lurk on the Internet? Device Security is Hard.

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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

APRIL 6, 2022

“The operation copied and removed malware from vulnerable internet-connected firewall devices that Sandworm used for command and control (C2) of the underlying botnet.” The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2022

Maintain minimal exposure to the Internet on Linux servers and IoT devices and use a properly configured firewall. Install security and firmware upgrades from vendors, as soon as possible. 4000898: AV EXPLOIT Netgear DGN2200 ping.cgi – Possible Command Injection ( CVE-2017-6077 ). Recommended actions. Conclusion.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Let's drill into all that and then go deeper into custom firmware and soldering too. I can easily block a device from talking to the internet, throttle its connection, see which online services it's communicating with and access a whole host of other information about it. Zigbee Alrighty, first things first: It's Zigbee, not ZigBee.

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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 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. Limit ICS/SCADA systems’ network connections to only specifically allowed management and engineering workstations.

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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

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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The attackers’ research vector is now shifting from software vulnerabilities to those located at the hardware and firmware level. In 2017-2018 hackers’ interest in cryptocurrency exchanges ramped up. Thirteen exchanges were hacked in 2017 and in the first three quarters of 2018, amounting to a total loss of $877 million.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Baltimore metropolitan area alone had more than 61,000 people working in computer and mathematical occupations as of May 2017, almost all in IT-related fields. ReFirm Labs, meanwhile, has developed a radically new approach to securing heretofore insecure connected devices through firmware validation.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 1, 2022

This web server is present in Arris firmware which can be found in several router models. ISP customer premise equipment (CPE) often uses this web server, and ISP subscribers will typically get these routers in loan for telephony and Internet access. Unfortunately the Arris firmware is based on the vulnerable version of muhttpd.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

To perform the experiment, we used Internet of Things (IoT) search engines to search for open devices that utilized common printer ports and protocols. After filtering out most of the false positives, we were left with more than 800,000 printers that had network printing features enabled and were accessible over the internet.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

The manufacturer of the mobile device preloads an adware application or a component with the firmware. Mobile malicious installation packages for Android in 2017 through 2020 ( download ). It could only make its way there via another Trojan that exploited system privileges or as part of the firmware.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 1, 2022

This web server is present in Arris firmware which can be found in several router models. ISP customer premise equipment (CPE) often uses this web server, and ISP subscribers will typically get these routers in loan for telephony and Internet access. Unfortunately the Arris firmware is based on the vulnerable version of muhttpd.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2022

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. 2017, an EAS station in Indiana also was hacked, with the intruders playing the same “zombies and dead bodies” audio from the 2013 incidents. and Marquette, Mich.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2022

The report highlighted that over 23 million IPs related to Portable UPnP SDK were vulnerable to remote code execution just through a single UDP packet, over 6,900 product versions from over 1,500 vendors were vulnerable through UPnP due to the exposure of UPnP SOAP service to the internet. ” continues Akamai.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The fix: ASUS released firmware updates to address the vulnerabilities. W3LL first rose to popularity in 2017 by providing a platform for sending bulk emails, and it eventually concentrated on marketing a special phishing kit for Microsoft 365 business accounts.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2018

The report highlighted that over 23 million IPs related to Portable UPnP SDK were vulnerable to remote code execution just through a single UDP packet, over 6,900 product versions from over 1,500 vendors were vulnerable through UPnP due to the exposure of UPnP SOAP service to the internet. ” continues Akamai. ” continues Akamai.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2019

. “The hackers behind it reportedly took advantage of poorly configured routers that had the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service enabled, which caused the routers to forward public ports to the private devices and be open to the public internet,” reads the analysis published by Yang. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In 2017, more than 300,000 WordPress websites were affected by a malicious plugin that allowed an attacker to place embedded hidden links on victim websites. with no internet. Firmware rootkit. Some of the best-known spyware strains include CoolWebSearch, Gator, Internet Optimizer, TIBS Dialer, and Zlob. Bots and Botnets.

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

Braun Infusomat system were released in 2017. Lastly, the pump runs its own custom Real Time Operating System (RTOS) and firmware on a M32C microcontroller. This is even more important since we are working on a software released in 2017. Could this attack take place over the internet? Figure 6: Disposable Data.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

held a pilot of a new Internet voting system. And Lamb later found evidence that the election-related files he found were all deleted from the server on March 2, 2017. More individual states’ voting systems were exposed and also addressable from the internet. Halderman : In 2010, Washington D.C. Very strange, right?

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

held a pilot of a new Internet voting system. And Lamb later found evidence that the election-related files he found were all deleted from the server on March 2, 2017. More individual states’ voting systems were exposed and also addressable from the internet. Halderman : In 2010, Washington D.C. Very strange, right?

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

held a pilot of a new Internet voting system. And Lamb later found evidence that the election-related files he found were all deleted from the server on March 2, 2017. More individual states’ voting systems were exposed and also addressable from the internet. Halderman : In 2010, Washington D.C. Very strange, right?

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The Security Ledger

APRIL 11, 2019

Other examples include the outbreak of the NotPetya wiper malware in 2017 , which initially spread as a signed update from the Ukrainian finance software ME Docs. But they’re a worrying trend that appears to be gathering steam. Dennis is a Principal Software Development Engineer at Microsoft Research.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Recently, NIST has been taking a closer look at the Internet of Things (IoT), inviting input on practical risks organizations face as they move into the age of connected devices. Given the importance of PKI and digital certificates in the age of the IoT, I wanted to share some findings from our 2017 Global PKI Trends Study.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

ShadowPad is a highly sophisticated, modular cyberattack platform that APT groups have used since 2017. Scanning the internet with available clues from our previous research, we are able to discover newly deployed hosts, in some cases even before they become active. Other interesting discoveries.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

Alongside its over 200 acquisitions in four decades, Cisco acquired SD-WAN market innovator Viptela in 2017 to cement its commitment to internet-based networking solutions. Networking and IT giant Cisco is an undisputed leader in the secure SD-WAN solution space.

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