Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The Boa web server is widely used across a variety of devices, including IoT devices, and is often used to access settings and management consoles as well as sign-in screens. The researchers identified over 1 million internet-exposed Boa server components around the world over the span of a week. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2020

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. 0,” continues 360 Netlab.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

“Check Point’s researchers showed how a threat actor could exploit an IoT network (smart lightbulbs and their control bridge) to launch attacks on conventional computer networks in homes, businesses or even smart cities.” The company released firmware p atches for the device in January.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

So, peeling back that next layer, the whole IoT space isn't just about devices that get their own IP address on your network and talk over TCP (or UDP). Let's drill into all that and then go deeper into custom firmware and soldering too. IoT and IP Addresses So, what happens when you start filling your home with IoT things?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2022

Alien Labs expects to see new campaigns based on BotenaGo variants targeting routers and IoT devices globally. The Mirai botnet targets mostly routers and IoT devices, and it supports different architectures including Linux x64, different ARM versions, MIPS, PowerPC, and more. Figure 2 shows the initialization of 33 exploits.

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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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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

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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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. Always change the default passwords for any IoT devices you install before extended use. with no internet. Firmware rootkit. Bots and Botnets. Browser Hijacker.

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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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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. Put simply, trust is critical to the IoT. There are really four categories of threats introduced into organizations with IoT use.

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The Security Ledger

APRIL 11, 2019

In this Spotlight Podcast, sponsored by Trusted Computing Group, I speak with Dennis Mattoon, a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and the Chairman of the Trusted Computing Group's DICE Architectures Working Group* about how strong device identities for IoT endpoints can stop. Read the whole entry. »

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

The vendor’s Secure SD-WAN product sits under Barracuda’s Network Protection solutions alongside zero trust access, industrial security for OT and IoT networks , and SASE. By separating the data and control plane, SD-WAN gives organizations more flexibility to optimize WANs and secure cloud, edge, and IoT networks.

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