Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Critical Success Factors to Widespread Deployment of IoT. Digital technology and connected IoT devices have proliferated across industries and into our daily lives. Finally, IoT devices are being used extensively in smart vehicles and home appliances to provide enhanced user experiences. Threat vectors on IoT.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The European Union is poised to place more demands on manufacturers to design greater security into their wireless and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. has made some strides on IoT security at the federal level; it remains to be seen if the EU initiative will spur the U.S. IoT market growth. IoT Security Neglected.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

According to SiteLock researchers and cybersecurity experts, the threat landscape will only continue to grow in 2020 and will likely bring even more new challenges with it. We’ve analyzed the current state of the industry and packaged up our top five cybersecurity predictions for 2020.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2022

In November 2021, AT&T Alien Labs™ first published research on our discovery of new malware written in the open-source programming language Golang. The team named this malware “BotenaGo.” Alien Labs expects to see new campaigns based on BotenaGo variants targeting routers and IoT devices globally.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Simply defined, the internet of things (IoT) is a network of Internet-connected objects able to collect and exchange data. In today’s digital-driven world, IoT connects almost everything including homes, offices, and vehicles, allowing users the convenience of activating and operating nearly any device remotely. Think again.

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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. Zerobot operators are offering the botnet as a malware-as-a-service model, one domain (zerostresser[.]com)

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

US and UK cybersecurity agencies issued a joint advisory about the spread of QSnatch Data-Stealing Malware that already infected over 62,000 QNAP NAS devices. The QSnatch malware implements multiple functionalities, such as: . The experts were alerted about the malware in October and immediately launched an investigation.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2021

Netgear has released security and firmware updates for its JGS516PE Ethernet switch to address 15 vulnerabilities, including a critica remote code execution issue. The most severe flaw is a critical RCE tracked as CVE-2020-26919 and rated with a CVSS v3 score of 9.8, ” reads the advisory published by NCC Group.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2020

“There is no evidence to support any other firmware versions are vulnerable at this point in time and these findings have been shared with Symantec.” Experts first observed the exploitation of the flaw in the wild on April 24, 2020, as part of an evolution of the Hoaxcalls botnet that was first discovered early of April.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Security experts from Check Point discovered a high-severity flaw ( CVE-2020-6007 ) in Philips Hue Smart Light Bulbs that can be exploited by hackers to gain entry into a targeted WiFi network. The bridge discovers the hacker-controlled bulb with updated firmware, and the user adds it back onto their network.

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SecureList

JUNE 8, 2022

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. Router-targeting malware. Mirai is not the only DDoS malware to target routers. Verdict. %*.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Experts from IoT security firm Sternum discovered vulnerabilities discovered in Medtronic’s MyCareLink Smart 25000 Patient Reader product that could be exploited to take control of a paired cardiac device. The experts found three flaws that could be exploited to modify or forge data that is received from the implanted cardiac devices.

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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. Researchers at Recorded Future observed several intrusion attempts on Indian critical infrastructure since 2020 and shared IOCs related to this campaign.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

pw has been registered and abandoned by several parties since 2014, but the most recent registration data available through DomainTools.com shows it was registered in March 2020 to someone in Krasnodar, Russia with the email address edgard011012@gmail.com. In May 2020, Zipper told another Lolzteam member that quot[.]pw

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The state of IoT is poor enough as it is, security wise. Rise in malware. As we pointed out in our State of Malware report, published earlier this year, Malwarebytes recorded an eye-watering 607% increase in malware detections in the agriculture sector in 2020. And that was just a few people in two days.

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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. ” reads the advisory published by Netlab.

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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. 10,000+ unpatched ABUS Secvest home alarm systems could be remotely disabled exposing customers to intrusions and thefts.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

The vulnerabilities affect QNAP TS-231 SOHO NAS devices running firmware version 4.3.6.1446 that reached end of life (EOL). Below the timeline for this issue: October 12, 2020 – Full disclosure reported to QNAP security team. October 23, 2020 – Sent another e-mail to QNAP security team. March 29, 2021 – Grace period has elapsed.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2020

ZDI reported the flaws to the vendor in November 2019, January and February 2020. “The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to update to the most recent firmware version and to replace end-of-life devices that are no longer supported with security patches.”

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Malware, short for “malicious software,” is any unwanted software on your computer that, more often than not, is designed to inflict damage. Since the early days of computing, a wide range of malware types with varying functions have emerged. Best Practices to Defend Against Malware. Jump ahead: Adware. RAM scraper.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In Q4 2020, Citrix ADC (application delivery controller) devices became one such tool, when perpetrators abused their DTLS interface. After the attacks came to light, the manufacturer promptly released a firmware update for configuring verification of incoming requests. Overall, Q4 remained within the parameters of 2020 trends.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 25, 2022

A new variant of an IoT botnet called BotenaGo has emerged in the wild, specifically singling out Lilin security camera DVR devices to infect them with Mirai malware.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2020

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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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 2, 2023

OT systems often come as closed systems with firmware and software installed by a supplier. Ransomware or malware that disrupts the flow of data into a system threatens connections between endpoints (as we saw in the Nordex attack), or infiltrates proprietary information, can shut down operations too.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2022

The malware doesn’t just lock up systems and data—it destroys any file larger than 2 MB. This allows the malware to run on different combinations of operating systems and architectures. Developing in a cross-platform language also makes analyzing the malware more difficult for security researchers.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

The vendor reports show that most attackers want credentials, most malware development is in credential-stealing software, and the market for stolen credentials is booming: Cisco: Found 54% of organizations experienced a cybersecurity incident; and of those incidents, 54% involved phishing and 37% involved credentials stuffing.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

Already a leading SD-WAN pick, the HPE subsidiary boosted its market position with acquisitions of security vendor Cape Networks in 2018 and WAN specialist Silver Peak Systems in 2020. ATP has an extensive list of enterprise features, including threat intelligence, risk profiling , network access control, and malware sandboxing.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

From IoT devices to internet-based services, the security of countless devices and web-based services' are dependant upon a secure Linux account privilege model. Apple Users Targeted by ‘Mysterious’ Malware. Redscan NIST Security Vulnerability Trends 2020. SonicWall issues Firmware Patch after Attackers Exploited Critical Bugs.

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