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. IBM’s 2020 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index report analyzes the threat landscape in 2019, the experts observed a spike in the number of OT attacks. “ OT attacks hit an all-time high. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Hackers have infected with a piece of malware some IoT devices running Windows 7 designed by three of the world’s largest manufacturers. Security experts from TrapX reported that some IoT devices running Windows 7 have been infected with a piece of malware, is it a supply chain attack? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2019

Security experts warn of a new piece of the Silex malware that is bricking thousands of IoT devices, and the situation could rapidly go worse. Cashdollar (@_larry0) June 25, 2019. Silex is not the first IoT malware with this behavior, back in 2017 BrickerBot bricked millions of devices worldwide. ” reported ZDnet.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2019

Researchers from WootCloud Labs have uncovered a new IoT botnet named Ares that is targeting Android-based devices. Experts from WootCloud Labs have spotted a new IoT botnet tracked as Ares that is targeting Android-based devices that have a debug port exposed online. IoT #malware branches seen in ???????? #IoT ARES 11,5% 2.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

” Between 2018 and 2019 the researchers assessed 28 telecom operators in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America and verifies the presence of the vulnerabilities in the GTP protocol. phone number) of a real subscriber and impersonate him to access the Internet. Faults in the GTP protocol directly impact 5G networks.”

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2023

The plea comes just months after Emelyantsev was extradited from Bulgaria, where he told investigators, “America is looking for me because I have enormous information and they need it.” Denis Kloster, as posted to his Vkontakte page in 2019. “Thanks to you, we are now developing in the field of information security and anonymity!,”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

A security researcher disclosed zero-day flaws in Telestar Digital GmbH IoT radio devices that could be exploited by remote attackers to hijack systems without any user interaction. The vulnerabilities have been tracked as CVE-2019-13473 and CVE-2019-13474. . SecurityAffairs – IoT radio devices, hacking). .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM Russia-linked APT group is compromising common IoT devices to gain access to several corporate networks. Researchers at Microsoft observed the Russia-linked APT group STRONTIUM abusing IoT devices to gain access to several corporate networks. ” IoT risk must be taken seriously. ” continues Microsoft.

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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. “Since the release of Zerobot 1.1,

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2022

The three flaws reported by the cybersecurity firm are: An authentication bypass tracked CVE-2019-9564 A stack-based buffer overflow, tracked as CVE-2019-12266 , which could lead to remote control execution. A remote attacker could exploit the CVE-2019-9564 flaw to take over the device, including turning on/off the camera.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Wi-Fi 6 officially arrived in late 2019, and Wi-Fi 6 enabled hardware was released throughout 2020. Ongoing attacks were discovered by Resecurity’s researchers while monitoring the activity of a threat actor know for targeting networks and IoT devices since early October 2021.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

The Cyclops Blink malware has been active since at least June 2019, it targets WatchGuard Firebox and other Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) network devices. Since June 2019, the malware indicted WatchGuard devices and Asus routers in many countries, including in the U.S., India, Italy, Canada, and Russia. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2022

“We reviewed crowdsourced data from scans of more than 200,000 infusion pumps on the networks of hospitals and other healthcare organizations using IoT Security for Healthcare from Palo Alto Networks.” CVE Severity (Score) % of analyzed pumps with CVEs 1 CVE-2019-12255 9.8 Critical) 52.11% 2 CVE-2019-12264 7.1

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McAfee

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Q1: What are some of the IT security trends for 2019? The biggest challenge is information security extension in a multi-cloud world. Machine learning will be throughout the information security technology stack soon. What value do you add as a security professional to the customer experience?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2021

Mozi is an IoT botnet that borrows the code from Mirai variants and the Gafgyt malware , it appeared on the threat landscape in late 2019. According to the researchers, in the last months of 2019, the botnet was mainly involved in DDoS attacks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

.” Experts confirmed that more issues are still under disclosure and that the list of impacted SoC vendors is longer, and the number of IoT products designed on top of vulnerable SoCs still need independent patches from their respective vendors. 2.60 (CVE-2019-16336) and NXP KW41Z 3.40 SDK (CVE-2019-17519). or earlier.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2019

It is quite easy to find Wind River VxWorks in IoT devices, including webcam, network appliances, VOIP phones, and printers. The vulnerabilities could be exploited by a remote attacker to bypass traditional security solutions and take full control over vulnerable devices without requiring any user interaction.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2022

. “Ransomware and brute-force attacks have been widely targeting all networking devices, and the most vulnerable victims will be those devices exposed to the Internet without any protection. QNAP urges all QNAP NAS users to follow the security setting instructions below to ensure the security of QNAP networking devices.”

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

times against 2019. This was based on an analysis of information published on the dark web. In 2021, HIPAA noted 642 data leaks from medical organizations versus 512 in 2019. Let’s see if there are any informational security issues with these wearables. Source: HIPAA Journal.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Do not expose your NAS to the internet, or avoid using default system port numbers 443 and 8080. In 2019, Anomali researchers reported a wave of eCh0raix attacks against Synology NAS devices, threat actors conducted brute-force attacks against them. SecurityAffairs – hacking, IoT). Pierluigi Paganini.

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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.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In early 2019, researchers spotted a new TrickBot backdoor framework dubbed Anchor that was using the anchor_dns tool for abusing the DNS protocol for C2 communications. .” reads the alert. Several groups of experts linked both TrickBot and Ryuk threats to cybercrime gangs operating out of Russia.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Netis WF2419: CVE-2019-19356 , a Remote Code Execution (RCE) issue through the tracert diagnostic tool because caused by the lack of user input sanitizing. “IZ1H9, a Mirai variant, infects Linux-based networked devices, especially IoT devices, turning them into remote-controlled bots for large-scale network attacks.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Cisco addresses CVE-2019-12643 critical flaw in virtual Service Container for IOS XE. Malspam campaign bypasses secure email gateway using Google Docs.

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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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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Simply put, iO must be achieved in order to preserve privacy and security while tapping into the next generation of IT infrastructure. This, in fact, is the core security challenge companies face defending their business networks. An intolerable security bottleneck, in fact, is taking shape. I’ll keep watch – and keep reporting.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The Niagara Framework is a universal software infrastructure developed by Tridium that allows building controls integrators , HVAC and mechanical contractors to build custom, web-enabled applications for accessing, automating and controlling smart devices real-time via local network or over the Internet. SecurityAffairs – Tridium, IoT).

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

The Enemybot botnet employs several methods to spread and targets other IoT devices. RCE CVE-2020-5902 F5 BigIP RCE No CVE (vulnerability published on 2019) ThinkPHP 5.X ” Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

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. At the end of 2019, researchers spotted a new TrickBot backdoor framework dubbed Anchor that was using the DNS protocol for C2 communications.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Here you can find security-related news on many topics: Apps, IoT, Cloud, and much more. Security Through Education Security Through Education is one of the best information security blogs. The Security Ledger The main aspect of cybersecurity this blog focuses on is the Internet-of-Things security.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

“Fast forwarded to October 11, 2019, our Anglerfish honeypot captured another suspicious ELF sample, and it turned out to be the Downloader of the previous suspicious ELF sample.” T he experts first spotted the Roboto botnet in August when they detected a suspicious ELF file. ” reads the analysis published by 360 Netlab.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

SecurityAffairs – IoT , Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell). The post Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell could open the door of your home to hackers appeared first on Security Affairs. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

In November 2019, security experts first spotted the QSnatch malware that at the time infected thousands of QNAP NAS devices worldwide. Weitere Informationen von unseren Kollegen bei @CERTFI : [link] — CERT-Bund (@certbund) October 31, 2019. Webshell functionality for remote access. ” reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

Cashdollar will be at Defcon (@_larry0) August 6, 2019. Most of the exploits allow the botnet to compromise unpatched IoT devices, but experts warn that enterprise apps Oracle WebLogic and VMware SD-Wan are also potential targets. Cashdollar will be at Defcon (@_larry0) August 6, 2019. link] — Larry W.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A 2021 report by Constella Intelligence found that the number of personal data leaks in healthcare grew by half when compared to 2019. After the first vaccines appeared on the Internet – and especially dark web forums – a busy trade in vaccines began online, with no one being able to verify the authenticity of the vaccines being sold.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2022

Taiwanese vendor QNAP is addressing a critical PHP vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-11043 (CVSS score 9.8 ” The CVE-2019-11043 flaw impacts devices using the following QNAP operating system versions: QTS 5.0.x out of 10), that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution. x and later QTS 4.5.x x and later QuTS hero h5.0.x

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Million of Telestar Digital GmbH IoT radio devices can be remotely hacked. Adobe September 2019 Patch Tuesday updates fix 2 code execution flaws in Flash Player. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for September 2019 fix 2 privilege escalation flaws exploited in attacks. Robert Downey Jrs Instagram account has been hacked.

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