Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2022

Researchers from IoT security company Armis have discovered three high-impact security flaws, collectively tracked as TLStorm, affecting APC Smart-UPS devices. The researchers discovered that the firmware upgrades are not properly signed and validated. SecurityAffairs – hacking, IoT). Pierluigi Paganini.

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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 switch internal management web application in firmware versions prior to 2.6.0.43 02 Dec 2020 – Netgear released the new firmware v2.6.0.48

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2022

Security researchers from CYFIRMA have discovered over 80,000 Hikvision cameras affected by a critical command injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-36260. The Chinese vendor addressed the issue in September 2021, but tens of thousands of devices are yet to be patched. wrote the expert. “.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2021

Researchers at industrial and IoT cybersecurity firm Nozomi Networks have discovered a critical flaw affecting a video surveillance product made by Annke, a popular manufacturer of surveillance systems and solutions. ” reads the security advisory published by Nozomi Networks Labs. The mainboard of the Annke N48PBB.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2022

The threat actors added TOTOLINK exploits just a week after the exploit codes were publicly released on GitHub in the attempt to compromise the largest number of devices as possible before the owners upgrade to the latest firmware releases. TOTOLINK has already addressed these flaws with the release of new firmware for vulnerable devices.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Microsoft experts believe that threat actors behind a malicious campaign aimed at Indian critical infrastructure earlier this year have exploited security flaws in a now-discontinued web server called Boa. The experts pointed out that Boa has been discontinued since 2005. ”reads the report published by Recorded Future.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

. “we disclose BrakTooth, a family of new security vulnerabilities in commercial BT stacks that range from denial of service (DoS) via firmware crashes and deadlocks in commodity hardware to arbitrary code execution (ACE) in certain IoTs.” ” reads the post published by the researchers.

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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. The latest version of ambz2 SDK (7.1d) addresses the issues.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

This email address is also connected to accounts on several Russian cybercrime forums, including “ __edman__ ,” who had a history of selling “logs” — large amounts of data stolen from many bot-infected computers — as well as giving away access to hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 4, 2021

Tue, 05/04/2021 - 09:40. The same goes with the advent of Quantum Computing , which is supposed to bring exponential computing power that shall not only bring endless benefits but also raises question marks on the current state of cryptography that is the bedrock of all information security as we know today.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Netgear addressed a code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-34991, in its small office/home office (SOHO) devices. Netgear released security patches that fix the vulnerability in multiple devices and announced that it is testing additional firmware fixes. D6220 – 1.0.0.72 D8500 – 1.0.3.60

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

Security researchers at SAM Seamless Network discovered a couple of critical unpatched flawsin QNAP small office/home office (SOHO) network-attached storage (NAS) devices that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable devices. February 12, 2021 – Grace period has elapsed.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

In a report released July 12, researchers at Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs called the AVrecon botnet “one of the largest botnets targeting small-office/home-office (SOHO) routers seen in recent history,” and a crime machine that has largely evaded public attention since first being spotted in mid-2021.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

for cyber 2021 budget for the Department of Defense. Hacking IoT devices with Focaccia-Board: A Multipurpose Breakout Board to hack hardware in a clean and easy way! Unsigned Firmware running on peripherals could expose Windows, Linux systems to hack. US administration requests $9.8B

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn. In a moment I’ll introduce you to someone who is trying to do that--bring ICS equipment to security conferences.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

Vamosi: But as someone who wrote a book questioning the security of our mass produced IoT devices, I wonder why no one bothered to test and certify these devices before they were installed? And on the other hand, we're saying security, that's a secondary concern. In February 2021. Here's ABCs Good morning.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, February 2021. The sudo vulnerability aka CVE-2001-3156 , seemed to go under the radar after it was announced and patches were released on 26th January 2021. Npower App Hack.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

As Stuart Brand said back in 1984 “information wants to be free.” ” So should analyzing a device’s firmware for security flaws be considered illegal? In April of 2021, the Library of Congress will again review new exemption requests.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

As Stuart Brand said back in 1984 “information wants to be free.” ” So should analyzing a device’s firmware for security flaws be considered illegal? In April of 2021, the Library of Congress will again review new exemption requests.

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