Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2022

The analysis of the internal chats of the Conti ransomware group revealed the gang was working on firmware attack techniques. The analysis of Conti group’s chats , which were leaked earlier this year, revealed that the ransomware gang has been working on firmware attack techniques. ” reads the post published by Eclypsium.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 8, 2023

These sophisticated pieces of malware target the UEFI—short for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface —the low-level and complex chain of firmware responsible for booting up virtually every modern computer. As the mechanism that bridges a PC’s device firmware with its operating system, the UEFI is an OS in its own right.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2023

Industrial and IoT cybersecurity firm Claroty disclosed technical details of five vulnerabilities that be exploited to hack some Netgear router models. “Team82 disclosed five vulnerabilities in NETGEAR’s Nighthawk RAX30 routers as part of its research and participation in last December’s Pwn2Own Toronto hacking competition.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2022

The vulnerability is an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Hikvision IP camera/NVR firmware, it was discovered by a security researcher that goes online with the moniker “Watchful IP.”. The expert confirmed that every firmware developed since 2016 has been tested and found to be vulnerable. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

On January 30, Taiwanese vendor QNAP released QTS and QuTS firmware updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-27596 (CVSS v3 score: 9.8), that affects QNAP NAS devices. Censys found 30,000 internet-facing QNAP appliances potentially impacted by a recently disclosed critical code injection flaw. Censys concludes.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

Tens of software vulnerabilities affected Qualcomm firmware and impacted the devices of Microsoft, Lenovo, and Samsung. The most severe flaw is an integer overflow to buffer overflow in Automotive tracked as CVE-2022-33219 (CVSS Score 9.3). SecurityAffairs – hacking, Moshen Dragon). ” reads the advisory. .”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2023

ASUS addressed critical vulnerabilities in multiple router models, urging customers to immediately install firmware updates. ASUS is warning customers to update some router models to the latest firmware to address critical vulnerabilities. “Update your router to the latest firmware.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2022

US Critical Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds critical CVE-2022-30525 RCE flaw in Zyxel Firewalls to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Last week, Zyxel has addressed the critical CVE-2022-30525 (CVSS score: 9.8) If possible, enable automatic firmware updates. Commands are executed as the nobody user.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Google Threat Analysis Group and Google Project Zero first reported that the CVE-2023-33106, CVE-2023-33107, CVE-2022-22071 and CVE-2023-33063 are actively exploited in targeted attacks. “CVE-2022-22071 was included in our May 2022 public bulletin. ” reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Security researcher ReSolver announced the discovery of hardcoded credentials (CVE-2022-40602) in ZyXEL LTE3301-M209 LTE indoor routers. “The firmware is basically a merge of 3 sections, the LZMA section is the kernel, at 0x148CD6 the root-fs and at 0x90BD36 the www content.” 13 Sep 2022: Details sent to ZyXEL.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The malware survives reboots and firmware upgrades. Moreover, the infection survives firmware upgrades.” ” The attack chain starts with the exploitation of the CVE-2022-42475 vulnerability for FortiGate devices. .” COATHANGER is a stealthy malware that hooks system calls that could reveal its presence.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

At this point, it has become cliché to say that nothing in 2022 turned out the way we expected. Similarly, at the beginning of February 2022, we noticed a huge spike in the amount of activity related to Gamaredon C&C servers. It directly affected satellite modems firmwares , but was still to be understood as of mid-March.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Secure Boot is a security feature of the latest Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) 2.3.1 CVE-2022-3430: A potential vulnerability in the WMI Setup driver on some consumer Lenovo Notebook devices may allow an attacker with elevated privileges to modify secure boot setting by modifying an NVRAM variable.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2023

The vulnerability is an improper error message handling in Zyxel ZyWALL/USG series firmware versions 4.60 through 4.73, VPN series firmware versions 4.60 through 5.35, USG FLEX series firmware versions 4.60 through 5.35, and ATP series firmware versions 4.60 through 5.35, USG FLEX series firmware versions 4.50

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2023

The platform provides real-time monitoring and control, it also supports advanced features such as device management, software and firmware updates, GPS tracking, and data visualization. ” reads the advisory from CISA. affected by CVE-2023-2586) RUT model routers: Version 00.07.00 through 00.07.03.4 ” concludes Otorio.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2023

Researchers from ESET discovered in March a new stealthy Unified Extensible Firmware Interface ( UEFI ) bootkit, named BlackLotus , that is able to bypass Secure Boot on Windows 11. Secure Boot is a security feature of the latest Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) 2.3.1 reads the analysis published by the experts.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2023

The procedures allow administrators to provide device information such as server addresses, account information, and firmware updates. The server is used to provide configurations and firmware updates to the devices. In this scenario, an attacker can act as a rogue server and distribute malicious firmware.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2023

Taiwanese vendor QNAP is warning customers to install QTS and QuTS firmware updates to address a critical flaw impacting its NAS devices. QNAP released QTS and QuTS firmware updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-27596 (CVSS v3 score: 9.8), that affects QNAP NAS devices.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

HP would take up to 90 days to address a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-1707, that resides in the firmware of some business-grade printers. The company pointed out that the information disclosure can be achieved only by exploiting the flaw on vulnerable devices running FutureSmart firmware version 5.6 and having IPsec enabled.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

Researchers discovered five vulnerabilities that can be exploited to remotely hack hospital Aethon’s TUG autonomous mobile robots. Cynerio ethically disclosed the issues to Aethon and the vendor addressed it with the release of firmware updates. SecurityAffairs – hacking, TUG autonomous mobile robots). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The researchers discovered the botnet in October 2023, but they believe it has been active since at least 2022. that impacted several routers, including Future X Communications (FXC) AE1021 and AE1021PE wall routers, running firmware versions 2.0.9 and earlier. The vulnerability affects VioStor NVR Versions 5.0.0 and earlier (5.0.0

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2022

Three flaws in APC Smart-UPS devices, tracked as TLStorm, could be exploited by remote attackers to hack and destroy them. Two of the TLStorm vulnerabilities reside in the TLS implementation used by Cloud-connected Smart-UPS devices, while the third one is a design flaw in the firmware upgrade process of Smart-UPS devices.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2023

ESET discovered a stealthy Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit dubbed BlackLotus that is able to bypass the Secure Boot on Windows 11. Researchers from ESET discovered a new stealthy Unified Extensible Firmware Interface ( UEFI ) bootkit, named BlackLotus , that is able to bypass Secure Boot on Windows 11.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2023

The vulnerabilities were reported to the company on December 23, 2022 through Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). “Please note that this is a device beta software, beta firmware, or hot-fix release which is still undergoing final testing before its official release. ” We are in the final!

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

In order to exploit the flaw, an attacker has to upgrade an affected device to a crafted version of the firmware. “This vulnerability is due to a missing authentication process within the firmware upgrade function.” “Cisco has not released firmware updates to address this vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2022

Tens of router models from Taiwanese SOHO manufacturer DrayTek are affected by a critical, unauthenticated, remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-32548, that can be exploited to fully compromise a vulnerable device and gain unauthorized access to the broader network. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DrayTek Vigor).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2022

By using the manufacturer’s built-in ports, we were able to manipulate on-board components and interact with the device.Combining both known and novel techniques, we were able to achieve root access to the device’s operating system and pull its firmware for emulation and vulnerability discovery.” Overall 4.8. Overall 4.8.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Researchers discovered two critical vulnerabilities (CVE–2022–36158 and CVE–2022–36159) in Flexlan devices that provide WiFi on airplanes. “It is found that our wireless products, FLEXLAN FX3000/2000 series, have a firmware vulnerability. “[CVE-2022-36158] – Hidden system command web page. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The FunJSQ module is used in various Netgear routers and Orbi WiFi systems, the issues affecting it were discovered in May 2022 and are now fixed. “Back in May 2022, we discovered FunJSQ , a third-party gaming speed-improvement service by China-based Xiamen Xunwang Network Technology Co., SecurityAffairs – hacking, NETGEAR).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The experts explained that the flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-4020 , is similar to the Lenovo vulnerabilities the company disclosed earlier this month. CVE -2022-4020 is found in the DXE driver HQSwSmiDxe , which checks for the “BootOrderSecureBootDisable” NVRAM variable (notice the same name as in case of Lenovo’s #CVE -2022-3431). #CVE

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Zyxel addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-34747 , impacting its network-attached storage (NAS) devices. The CVE-2022-34747 (CVSS score: 9.8) flaw is classified as a format string vulnerability that resides in Zyxel NAS326 firmware versions prior to V5.21(AAZF.12)C0. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zyxel).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2022

HP issued a security bulletin warning of a buffer overflow vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-3942 (CVSS score 8.4), that could lead to remote code execution on vulnerable devices. HP already addressed the flaw with the release of firmware security updates for the majority of the affected devices. SecurityAffairs – hacking, RCE).

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2022

Zyxel has moved to address a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2022-30525, CVSS score: 9.8) Zyxel silently addressed the flaw by releasing security updates on April 28, 2022, Rapid7 pointed out that this choice leaves defenders in the dark and only advantage the attackers. If possible, enable automatic firmware updates.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Security researcher ReSolver announced the discovery of hardcoded credentials (CVE-2022-40602) in ZyXEL LTE3301-M209 LTE indoor routers. “The firmware is basically a merge of 3 sections, the LZMA section is the kernel, at 0x148CD6 the root-fs and at 0x90BD36 the www content.” 13 Sep 2022: Details sent to ZyXEL.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The vulnerability, CVE-2022-0902 (CVSS score: 8.1), is a path-traversal issue that can be exploited by an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code. “Team82 found a high-severity path-traversal vulnerability (CVE-2022-0902) in ABB’s TotalFlow Flow Computers and Remote Controllers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ABB Totalflow).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In December 2023, Fortinet urged its customers to update their installs to address an actively exploited FortiOS SSL-VPN vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-42475, that could be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on devices. The malware survives reboots and firmware upgrades.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2022

Researchers devised an attack technique to tamper the firmware and execute a malware onto a Bluetooth chip when an iPhone is “off.” Unlike NFC and UWB chips, the Bluetooth firmware is neither signed nor encrypted opening the doors to modification. SecurityAffairs – hacking, domain name system). Pierluigi Paganini.

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