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Sophos details five years of China-linked threat actors’ activity targeting network devices worldwide

Security Affairs

Between 2020 and 2022, attackers launched multiple campaigns to exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in publicly accessible network appliances, focusing on WAN-facing services. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow attackers to steal sensitive data, inject firmware payloads, and even reach LAN-connected devices.

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AMD is going to patch UEFI SMM callout privilege escalation flaw

Security Affairs

AMD is going to release patches for a flaw affecting the System Management Mode (SMM) of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). The vulnerability was discovered by the security researcher Danny Odler, it resides in the AMD’s Mini PC could allow attackers to manipulate secure firmware and execute arbitrary code.

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Pink Botnet infected over 1.6 Million Devices, it is one of the largest botnet ever seen

Security Affairs

On 2020-01-02, CNCERT reported that “the number of Bot node IP addresses associated with this botnet exceeds 5 million. The botnet leverages a robust architecture based on a combination of third-party services, P2P, and Command & Control servers.

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News Alert: Swissbit introduces small-capacity memory for IIoT, smart city applications

The Last Watchdog

The models of the EM-30 and S-56(u) series, which are available as an embedded component in the form of an e.MMC or as flexible, interchangeable SD memory cards, offer maximum reliability due to proven firmware architecture. They also guarantee 100% data security. specifications and is fully backward compatible.

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Mukashi, the new Mirai variant that targets Zyxel NAS

Security Affairs

A new variant of the infamous Mirai malware, tracked as Mukashi, targets Zyxel network-attached storage (NAS) devices exploiting recently patched CVE-2020-9054 issue. According to Palo Alto researchers, threat actors exploited the recently patched CVE-2020-9054 vulnerability in Zyxel NAS. The vendor advisory is also available.

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Mozi Botnet is responsible for most of the IoT Traffic

Security Affairs

The Mozi botnet accounted for 90% of the IoT network traffic observed between October 2019 and June 2020, IBM reported. According to a new report published by IBM, the Mozi botnet accounted for 90% of the IoT network traffic observed between October 2019 and June 2020. ” continues the analysis.

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A new Zerobot variant spreads by exploiting Apache flaws

Security Affairs

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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