CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2021

As of the end of 2020, there were more than 26.66 billion IoT devices active across the world – a figure that is expected to grow to 75 billion by 2025. This tripling will be a phenomenal feat to achieve in the next four years and relies upon IoT projects that are currently planned or under development to mature quickly.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2021

This flaw potentially affects millions of IOT devices manufactured by no less than 17 vendors, including some ISPs. . The ongoing attacks were spotted by researchers from Juniper Threat Labs , experts believe that were conducted by a threat actor that targeted IoT devices in a campaign since February. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The 2020 Cybersecurity Landscape – Below Pierluigi Paganini’s cybersecurity predictions for the next twelve months. In 2020, we will witness an increase in targeted ransomware attacks. 3) IoT devices under attack. The post Top cybersecurity Predictions for 2020 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

” “We’ve first notified them of several potential issues at the end of December 2020,” he told SC Media. ” The lesson for chief information security officers extends beyond a single IoT device that might have a vulnerability — lots of devices do. .” It’s a solution for their problem.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2020

Cyber Defense Magazine July 2020 Edition has arrived. OVER 165 PAGESALWAYS FREE – LOADED WITH EXCELLENT CONTENT Learn from the experts, cybersecurity best practices Find out about upcoming information security related conferences, expos and trade shows. The post Cyber Defense Magazine – July 2020 has arrived.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Physical security is the protection of personnel and IT infrastructure (such as hardware, software, and data) from physical actions and events that could cause severe damage to an organization. Related: Good to know about IoT Physical security is often a second thought when it comes to information security.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 28, 2021

2020 was a wake-up call for more than healthcare pandemic preparedness. It also exposed some huge security and privacy vulnerabilities, which many cybercrooks have exploited thousands of times throughout 2020 for remote workers. Think that IoT is not an issue to address in your organization?

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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.” Medium) 50.39% 5 CVE-2020-25165 7.5 High) 39.54% 6 CVE-2020-12040 9.8 Critical) 17.83% 7 CVE-2020-12047 9.8

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Researchers from Israeli IoT security firm Vdoo found six vulnerabilities in the Realtek RTL8195A Wi-Fi module that could have been exploited to gain root access and take control of a device’s wireless communications. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 13, 2021

CAP information security practitioners champion system security commensurate with organizations’ missions and risk tolerance while meeting legal and regulatory requirements. As the needs in cyber risk management change, so must the credentials that support them.

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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

JULY 14, 2020

Researchers spotted a new version of the Mirai IoT botnet that includes an exploit for a vulnerability affecting Comtrend routers. Malware researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a new version of the Mirai Internet of Things (IoT) botnet that includes an exploit for the CVE-2020-10173 vulnerability impacting Comtrend routers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Healthcare Spending: From 2020 to 2025, the healthcare sector plans to spend $125 billion on cyber security to tackle its vulnerability. Telecom Adoption: 80% of telecom companies now use AI-powered cyber security tools to protect their networks, showing how AI is becoming more common in keeping complex systems safe.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2020

The Hoaxcalls IoT botnet expanded the list of targeted devices and has added new distributed denial of service (DDoS) capabilities. “On April 20th, 2020, Radware Researchers discovered a new variant of the Hoaxcalls Botnet spreading via an unpatched vulnerability impacting ZyXEL Cloud CNM SecuManager.” score of 9.8

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

However, almost as soon as development began, serious questions arose about the security of the service’s data storage and the possibility of it being misused. In 2020, Proteus went bankrupt. That’s why we decided to test our assumption and delve into the security landscape of telehealth in 2020 and 2021.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The botnet included Internet of Things (IoT) devices and GitLab instances. The attack was launched from approximately 15,000 bots running a variant of the original Mirai code on IoT devices and unpatched GitLab instances.” “This was a multi-vector attack combining DNS amplification attacks and UDP floods.

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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2022

The flaws were reported to Wyze in May 2019, the company addressed the CVE-2019-9564 and CVE-2019-12266 flaws in September 2019 and November 2020, respectively. According to the experts, there are 3 version of Wyze Cam devices on the market and the first one has been discontinued and will not receive security updates to address the flaws.

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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. Smart lightbulbs are managed over the air via WiFi protocol or ZigBee, a low bandwidth radio protocol. ZigBee is an IEEE 802.15.4-based

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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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The Conti ransomware gang hit infected the systems of industrial automation and Industrial IoT (IIoT) chip maker Advantech and is demanding over $13 million ransom (roughly 750 BTC) to avoid leaking stolen files and to provide a key to restore the encrypted files. billion in 2019. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Advantech).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

A 2020 report found that 20 percent of organizations experienced a security breach due to remote work. IoT Devices. IoT devices include wearable devices, coffee makers, sensors, and cameras, all of which connect to the Internet. Many organizations don’t have visibility into all of their IoT devices. Conclusion.

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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 RCE CVE-2020-5902 F5 BigIP RCE No CVE (vulnerability published on 2019) ThinkPHP 5.X ” states the report published by AT&T Alien Labs.

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SC Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

Attendees and workers chat beneath a ‘5G’ logo at the Quectel booth at CES 2020, January 8, 2020. 5G is among the technologies that researchers predict will have a big impact on the security landscape in the next decade. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images).

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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

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The investigation was launched in 2020 after a gaming provider was hit by a DDoS attack launched via this booter service. On July 30, 2020, the police searched the homes of two suspects and seized computers and telephones. The police received dozens of reports from other victims of DDoS attacks launched from the same platform.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2022

That attack was 140 percent larger than a 1 Tbps attack in 2020 and larger than any similar event ever detected on the Azure public cloud, they said. IoT Devices Multiply Attacks. IoT vulnerabilities must be quickly remediated in order to eradicate the risk of them being used in cyberattacks.”. Skilled Adversaries Raise Stakes.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The state of IoT is poor enough as it is, security wise. 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. Malwarebytes recorded a 607% increase in agriculture sector attacks in 2020.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 24, 2021

The events of 2020 altered our perspectives on technology, work, life, and society. Take the Chief Information Officer (CIO) as an example. Years before the pandemic struck, organizations first began adding Internet of Things (IoT) along with Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices to their networks. Data security.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2021

Researchers from Israeli IoT security firm Vdoo found multiple vulnerabilities in the Realtek RTL8170C Wi-Fi module that could allow to elevate privileges and hijack wireless communications. ” reads a reported published by Vdoo. .”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Researchers at IoT security firm Armis discovered a set of five serious vulnerabilities in the implementation of the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) protocol. Cisco has published security dvisories and released patches to address the issues. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 27, 2022

From smart cities and digital IDs to open government and better governance, the Cloud, Big Data, IoT and Artificial Intelligence have enabled a wide range of digital government initiatives. The European Union's Cybersecurity Act passed in 2019 gives ENISA, the EU Agency for Network and Information Security, a permanent mandate.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2023

Someone is sending mysterious smartwatches to the US Military personnel CISA orders govt agencies to fix recently disclosed flaws in Apple devices VMware fixed five memory corruption issues in vCenter Server Fortinet fixes critical FortiNAC RCE, install updates asap More than a million GitHub repositories potentially vulnerable to RepoJacking New Mirai (..)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

fitness chains Town Sports leaked online Group-IB detects a series of ransomware attacks by OldGremlin HOW DO PROVIDERS IMPLEMENT INTERNET BLOCKING IN BELARUS? 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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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. Cybersecurity challenges in IoT based smart environments: Wireless communication networks perspective. References Ahmad, I. P., & Brown, R.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2021

Researchers at IoT security firm Armis discovered an authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-22779 and dubbed ModiPwn, that affects some of Schneider Electric ’s Modicon PLCs. “Armis researchers discover a critical vulnerability in Schneider Electric Modicon PLCs. . ” reads the advisory published by SA.

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