Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2019

The report also states that experts observed a spike in the number of cyberattacks against IoT devices carried out by IoT malware. “In 2017, SonicWall logged just 10.3 million IoT attacks. million IoT attacks, which outpaces the first two quarters of last year by 55%.” ” states the report.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) researchers discovered a new variant of the Zerobot botnet (aka ZeroStresser) that was improved with the capabilities to target more Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Adopt a comprehensive IoT security solution. The IT giant is tracking this cluster of threat activity as DEV-1061.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

In November, researchers at AT&T discovered a new BotenaGo botnet that was using thirty three exploits to target millions of routers and IoT devices, including one for the above RCE. ” The US agency also added the CVE-2015-2051 remote code execution flaw impacting D-Link DIR-645 routers.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In contemporary times, with the exponential growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), smart homes, connected cars, and wearable devices, the importance of RF pentesting has soared significantly. It encompasses a range of electromagnetic radio waves utilized for wireless information transmission.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

. “SCHULTE’s theft is the largest data breach in the history of the CIA, and his transmission of that stolen information to WikiLeaks is one of the largest unauthorized disclosures of classified information in the history of the U.S.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The news is not surprising, unfortunately in many cases IoT devices, including IP cameras, are deployed without proper security measures. When smart devices are set up, they are still regularly placed around the home with no second thought for privacy,” said ESET Security Specialist Jake Moore. ” continues the article.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2020

. “According to court documents, the botnets were initially based largely on the source code previously developed by other individuals to create the Mirai botnet;” In September 2019, Schuchman pleaded guilty to creating and operating multiple DDoS IoT botnets. Schuchman also managed the purchases of new exploits for the botnet.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Microsoft experts believe that threat actors behind a malicious campaign aimed at Indian critical infrastructure earlier this year have exploited security flaws in a now-discontinued web server called Boa. The experts pointed out that Boa has been discontinued since 2005. ”reads the report published by Recorded Future.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

The Enemybot botnet employs several methods to spread and targets other IoT devices. “Keksec’s EnemyBot appears to be just starting to spread, however due to the authors’ rapid updates, this botnet has the potential to become a major threat for IoT devices and web servers. LFI CVE-2018-16763 Fuel CMS 1.4.1

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The Security Ledger

AUGUST 27, 2018

In this week’s episode (#110): the second major flaw in Apache Struts 2 in as many years and has put the information security community on alert. In this week’s episode (#110): the second major flaw in Apache Struts 2 in as many years and has put the information security community on alert. Read the whole entry. »

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2022

Former CIA programmer, Joshua Schulte, was convicted in a US federal court of the 2017 leak of a massive leak to WikiLeaks. The former CIA programmer Joshua Schulte (33) was found guilty in New York federal court of stealing the agency’s hacking tools and leaking them to WikiLeaks in 2017.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 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. Experts warn of an increase of IoT attacks on a global scale, making internet routers one of the primary targets. ” reads the advisory published by TrendMicro.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

’s National Crime Agency (NCA) in February 2017. In June 2017, Kaye pleaded guilty in court to hijacking more than 900,000 routers from the network of Deutsche Telekom. The man used a custom version of the Mirai IoT malware. government agencies [ PDF ]. Kaye was arrested by U.K.’s

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2019

Starting from June 12, 2019, the researcher Ankit Anubhav from NewSky Security, observed threat actors targeting Web-based DNA sequencer applications. The attackers are leveraging a still-unpatched zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-6526 , to gain full control over the targeted systems. IP address that is located in Iran.

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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.” ” reads the report published by CheckPoint.”Our

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

Talos experts noticed that a version released on May 18 included Python versions of EternalBlue ( CVE-2017-0144 ) and EternalRomance ( CVE-2017-0147 ) exploits with a Windows download command line as the payload. “This increases its chances of spreading and infecting systems.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

Siemens Metaverse, a virtual space built to mirror real machines, factories, and other highly complex systems, has exposed sensitive data, including the company’s office plans and internet of things (IoT) devices. The most worrying discovery was that of exposed office management platform ComfyApp user credentials.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2022

CVE-2017-17215 targets Huawei HG532 routers. “By continuously monitoring the evolving threat landscape, FortiGuard Labs researchers identify new vulnerabilities exploited by Mirai variants and malware targeting IoT devices to bring greater awareness to such threats and better secure our customers’ networks.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

ransomware, that was first spotted in late 2017 and was available for sale on the open market as of August 2018. Microsoft announced to have taken down 62 of the original 69 TrickBot C&C servers, seven servers that could not be brought down last week were Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2021

Gafgyt (also known as Bashlite) is a prominent malware family for *nix systems, which mainly target vulnerable IoT devices like Huawei routers, Realtek routers and ASUS devices. 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.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2022

The Enemybot botnet employs several methods to spread and targets other IoT devices. .” The botnet implements multiple obfuscation techniques to avoid detection and hides C2 on the Tor network. The bot also tries to run shell commands to infect misconfigured Android devices that expose Android Debug Bridge port (5555).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

According to IBM, OT attacks increased by over 2000 percent in 2019, most of them involved the Echobot IoT malware. In June 2019, experts from Dragos firm reported that Xenotime threat actor behind the 2017 Trisis/Triton malware attack was targeting electric utilities in the US and APAC. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2021

Port 37215: Huawei Home routers RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2017-17215). Upon compromising an IoT device, the malicious code connects to the Cyberium domain to retrieve a bash script that is used as a downloader similarly to other Mirai variants. Port 34567: DVR scanner attempting default credentials for Sofia main video application.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2019

Furthermore, hardcoded password hashes and credentials were also found by doing an automated scan with IoT Inspector.” ” reads the security advisory. “Two vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-16544 and CVE-2015-0235) were verified by emulating the device with the MEDUSA scaleable firmware runtime.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2019

According to Group-IB’s annual Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2018 report, on average, from June 2017 to August 2018, the details of 1.8 With the advent of IoT technologies, big data and machine learning, attack tools become more advanced and encompass several information systems and resources. Map of Middle-Eastern Countries.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2023

Previously seen to be exploited in the wild through 2017 and on-going.” . “Another notable spike to mention is IPS detections related to MVPower CCTV DVR models (CVE-2016-20016) also known as JAWS webserver RCE. ” continues the advisory.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

This week, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued a joint advisory about a massive ongoing campaign spreading the QSnatch data-stealing malware. CISA and NCSC have identified two campaigns of activity for QSnatch malware.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2020

MATA is also able to target Linux-based diskless network devices, including such as routers, firewalls, or IoT devices. The group has been linked to several major cyber attacks, including the 2014 Sony Pictures hack , several SWIFT banking attacks since 2016, and the 2017 WannaCry ransomware infection.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 5, 2018

92% are leveraging IoT devices, which may include internet-connected heart-rate monitors, implantable defibrillators and insulin pumps. Almost all (96%) of U.S. respondents are using big data; 90% are working on or using mobile payments, and 92% have a blockchain project implemented or are in the process of implementing one.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The vulnerability could have a severe impact on the IT sector, the flawed chips are used in over a billion devices, including routers, smartphones, tablets, laptops, and IoT gadgets. ” The issue is related to the KRACK (Key Reinstallation Attacks) that was discovered in October 2017 and that works against almost any WPA2 Wi-Fi network.

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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 were alerted about the malware in October and immediately launched an investigation. “CISA and NCSC have identified two campaigns of activity for QSnatch malware.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

As we look forward into 2017 cyber attacks , information security teams have to think like hackers in order to stay ahead of the challenges to come. Based on 2016’s trends, we expect in 2017 to see more frequent and severe DDoS incidents. IoT security easily falls under the radar for many users.

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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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Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 7, 2021

Back in 2015 and 2017, I ran articles in Inc. For various reasons, when I wrote those two pieces, I intentionally featured innovators from outside of the information-security sector. For various reasons, when I wrote those two pieces, I intentionally featured innovators from outside of the information-security sector.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The OWASP Foundation designed CycloneDX as a part of its open-source software component analysis solution, Dependency-Track, in 2017. Read more: Attackers Exploit Flaw that Could Impact Millions of Routers, IoT Devices. ISO/IEC 19770-2 was confirmed in 2012 and updated in 2015. OWASP’s CycloneDX. was released in May 2021.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

According to the researchers, the Smominru botnet has been active at least since May 2017 and at the time of its discovery infected more than 526,000 Windows computers.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017.

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