Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

I also looked at custom firmware and soldering and why, to my mind, that was a path I didn't need to go down at this time. I can't blame this on the teddy bears themselves, rather the fact that the MongoDB holding all the collected data was left publicly facing without a password. IoT firmware should be self-healing.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Researchers found multiple vulnerabilities in MoFi Network routers, including critical flaws that can be exploited to remotely hack a device. Probably the most interesting vulnerability is an undocumented backdoor, tracked as CVE-2020-15835, that can be exploited by attackers to gain root access to a router. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2021

Researchers from Eye Security have found thousands of unpatched ABUS Secvest home alarm systems exposed online despite the vendor has addressed a critical bug (CVE-2020-28973) in January. Someone can use this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information from the system, such as usernames and passwords. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2021

The malware targets QNAP NAS devices exposed online that use weak passwords. “According to analysis, QNAP NAS can become infected when they are connected to the Internet with weak user passwords.” “According to analysis, QNAP NAS can become infected when they are connected to the Internet with weak user passwords.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Experts observed the bot attempting to gain access to the device by using a combination of eight common usernames and 130 passwords for IoT devices over SSH and telnet on ports 23 and 2323. Ensure secure configurations for devices: Change the default password to a strong one, and block SSH from external access. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureList

JUNE 8, 2022

Routers are forever being hacked and infected, and used to infiltrate local networks. During 2020 and 2021, more than 500 router vulnerabilities were found. The nvd.nist.gov website presents different figures, but they too show a significant increase in the number of router vulnerabilities found in 2020 and 2021. Verdict. %*.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

“ Attackers can easily obtain default passwords and identify internet-connected target systems. Passwords can be found in p roduct documentation and compiled lists available on the Internet.” link] #threatintel — Bad Packets Report (@bad_packets) January 10, 2020. 06 and older. ” continues SonicWall.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2020

Netlab shared its findings with LILIN on January 19, 2020, and the vendor addressed the issues with the release of the firmware update (version 2.0b60_20200207). The new firmware released by the vendors validated the hostname passed as input to prevent command execution. SecurityAffairs – hacking, LILIN).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In another incident that occurred in March 2021, a ransomware attack blocked the operations at a US beverage company, while in a November 2020 attack on a US-based international food and agriculture business threat actors requested the payment of a gigantic $40 million ransom. Avoid reusing passwords for multiple accounts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The gang has been active since at least 2020, threat actors hit organizations from various industries. Below are the recommended mitigations included in the alert: Implement regular backups of all data to be stored as air gapped, password protected copies offline. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ranzy Locker ransomware).

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

CGI password logger This installs a fake version of the device admin login page, logging successful authentications and passing them to the legitimate login page. In mid-June 2020, there were approximately 62,000 infected devices worldwide; of these, approximately 7,600 were in the United States and 3,900 were in the United Kingdom.”

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Responsible Cyber

APRIL 7, 2020

Home Security – On 11 March 2020 , the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the Covid-19 a pandemic. Tip #1: Change your router admin portal password. and Wi-Fi secret passphrase (password is not good enough – try IFindMyhusband100%Sexy). Tip #3: Don’t share your Wi-Fi password.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2021

The malware moves all files stored on the device to password-protected 7zip archives and demand the payment of a $550 ransom. The vendor recommends the use of strong passwords and to modify the default network port 8080 for accessing the NAS operating interface. SecurityAffairs – hacking, QNAP NAS). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

The threat actors are actively exploiting the following vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS: CVE-2018-13379 ; CVE-2020-12812 ; CVE-2019-5591. The joint alert also states that attackers scanning also enumerated devices for the CVE-2020-12812 and CVE-2019-5591 flaws. Implement the shortest acceptable timeframe for password changes.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2022

According to the advisory that was issued with the help of leading cybersecurity firms (Dragos, Mandiant, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, and Schneider Electric), nation-state hacking groups were able to hack multiple industrial systems using a new ICS-focused malware toolkit dubbed PIPEDREAM that was discovered in early 2022.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The Mozi botnet accounted for 90% of the IoT network traffic observed between October 2019 and June 2020, IBM reported. The Mozi botnet was spotted by security experts from 360 Netlab, at the time of its discovered it was actively targeting Netgear, D-Link, and Huawei routers by probing for weak Telnet passwords to compromise them.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

2020 was a high-water mark for online scams and fraud. million fraud complaints in 2020. They contain a wealth of information like credit card numbers, online passwords, photos, intellectual property, work documents and more. If the data you handed over was an account credential, change the password immediately.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

On 2020-01-02, CNCERT reported that “the number of Bot node IP addresses associated with this botnet exceeds 5 million. Every time a vendor made some attempts to address the problem, the botmaster pushed out multiple firmware updates on the fiber routers to maintain their control. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Pink botnet).

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

FormBook FormBook is an information stealer advertised in hacking forums. A 2020 LokiBot variant was disguised as a launcher for the Fortnite multiplayer video game. NanoCore NanoCore is used for stealing victims' information, including passwords and emails. AZORult's developers are constantly updating its capabilities.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

” The same holds true beyond IoT, he added, pointing to challenges in widespread adoption of a “secure” car, despite numerous incidents of automobiles being hacked. The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 , which was enacted Dec. And how do you vet those firmware updates?

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

We conducted an analysis of the IoT threat landscape for 2023, as well as the products and services offered on the dark web related to hacking connected devices. Attack vectors There are two main IoT infection routes: brute-forcing weak passwords and exploiting vulnerabilities in network services. Our advantages: 1.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Here are five significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities with IoT in 2020. Simple or reused passwords are still a problem. While the cybersecurity industry has presented options for every netizen, the recommendation to use original and complex passwords continues to be disregarded. The Threat is Definitely Real. Poor credentials.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2021

In the DZone Edge Computing and IoT report published in 2020, developers were asked to rank the top 15 most pressing technical challenges of IoT. Source: DZone’s Edge Computing and IoT, 2020 . It’s more than someone hacking into your smart light bulbs and turning on all the lights in your home.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

percent over the same period in 2020, with 313.2 New vulnerabilities are created every day by cybercriminals, leading to many IoT devices being installed with out-of-date firmware and other exploitable vulnerabilities.”. In the coming years, it will expand more than 26 percent a year, the analysts said. IoT market growth.

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SecureList

JULY 19, 2023

Perform offline cracking to extract the password. on 2022-04-14 10:35:39 UTC Celebration.msg VT First Submission 2022-05-18 07:26:26 UTC UNC path 101.255.119.42maila5b3553d (reminder time set to 2020-04-07 11:30) Sent by: 101.255.119.42 Note: as these are NTLMv2 hashes, they cannot be leveraged as part of a Pass-the-Hash technique.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 30, 2022

Many legacy IoT devices have poor security settings, and some healthcare departments let these vulnerabilities slip by not segmenting network access or not changing default passwords, which are common among many IoT devices, and are very easy to find. Change all default passwords. Maintain a regular patch management process.

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Spinone

MARCH 17, 2018

In 2020, this number is expected to grow to a staggering 20.8 75% of Bluetooth Smart door locks have been found to have vulnerabilities that allow them to be easily hacked. The biggest ever DDoS attack was recently carried out using over 150,000 hacked smart devices worldwide including cameras, printers, and fridges.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2022

It had the username and password for the system printed on the machine. 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. A Digital Alert Systems EAS encoder/decoder that Pyle said he acquired off eBay in 2019.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2021

Microsoft experts have disclosed a series of vulnerabilities in the firmware of Netgear routers which could lead to data leaks and full system takeover. “In our research, we unpacked the router firmware and found three vulnerabilities that can be reliably exploited.” html) and the firmware image itself (.chk

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Kali Linux

MAY 15, 2022

Hacking as shown in popular media, has ranged from really fun to completely absurd, so we saw the opportunity to do a tribute to some of our favourite instances (and get a little nostalgic). In the meantime, all TicWatch Pros are now supported - TicWatch Pro, Pro 2020, Pro 4G/LTE.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Listen to EP 08: Hacking Voting Systems. They invited us and other members of the public to try to hack it. There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? It's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Listen to EP 08: Hacking Voting Systems. They invited us and other members of the public to try to hack it. There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? It's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Listen to EP 08: Hacking Voting Systems. They invited us and other members of the public to try to hack it. There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? It's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In July, we reported a rootkit that we found in modified Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware, the code that loads and initiates the boot process when the computer is turned on. In late August 2020, we published an overview of DeathStalker and its activities, including the Janicab, Evilnum and PowerSing campaigns.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 1, 2021

report claimed millions of UK people could be at risk of being hacked due to using outdated home routers. Use of weak passwords was a common theme with the investigation, which concluded: weak default passwords cyber-criminals could hack were found on most of the routers. SolarWinds Hack: Russian Denial 'unconvincing’.

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

Unique Considerations for Infusion Pump Hacking. It is estimated that there are over 200 million IV infusions administered globally each year, and 2020 sales of IV pumps in the US were at $13.5 Lastly, the pump runs its own custom Real Time Operating System (RTOS) and firmware on a M32C microcontroller. Initial Access.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2022

Conti ransomware and the group that distributes it has been a dangerous, noisy presence in the ransomware ecosystem since 2020. Not long after, a hacking group began using the leaked source code to attack targets inside Russia , violating one of ransomware’s unspoken rules. Known ransomware attacks by country, May 2022.

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