SecureList

APRIL 7, 2025

Detection In early 2024, while investigating ToddyCat-related incidents, we detected a suspicious file named version.dll in the temp directory on multiple devices. CVE-2024-11859 vulnerability in ESET Command line scanner It took us a while to find the file that loads the TCESB tool.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 14, 2025

Key Findings The last quarter of 2024 proved to be a pivotal period for ransomware activity, marked by emerging threats and unexpected shifts among established groups. In our Q3 2024 ransomware report , we predicted activity would reach its peak in the last quarter of the year.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 23, 2024

On May 13, 2024, our consumer-grade product Kaspersky Total Security detected a new Manuscrypt infection on the personal computer of a person living in Russia. According to the blog, Microsoft had also been tracking the campaign and associated websites since February 2024.

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SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

IT threat evolution Q1 2024 IT threat evolution Q1 2024. Mobile statistics IT threat evolution Q1 2024. Since it is not used by the firmware, we have no idea how the attackers learned to use it. However, both methods are time consuming and require a high level of expertise.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 18, 2025

Attackers with physical access can connect directly to service ports, extract firmware, install malicious hardware modifications, or replace communication modules with compromised versions. Use boot verification and firmware integrity checks to detect unauthorized modifications. Yes, you read that right.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2024

Researchers at OneKey discovered a a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-5035 (CVSS score 10.0), in TP-Link Archer C5400X gaming router. The issue affects firmware versions, through 1.1.1.6, Below is the timeline for this flaw: 2024-02-16 –Report submitted to TP-Link PSIRT through encrypted email.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In this article, we will review the past year’s trends to see which of our 2023 predictions have come true, and try to predict what is to come in 2024. However, instead of encrypting the data, it purposefully destroyed it in the affected systems. A review of last year’s predictions 1. The trend may evolve in various ways.

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SecureList

JANUARY 17, 2025

Firmware The MMB runs on Linux, and its filesystems are located on the eMMC. Besides metadata in plaintext, they also contain encrypted data, which the diagnostic tool uses its shared libraries to decrypt. CVE-2024-37600 (MoCCA) The “servicebroker” service is a part of a DSI framework, which is used in MoCCA.

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SecureList

APRIL 25, 2025

With time, the vulnerabilities were patched, and restrictions were added to the firmware. Attackers are leveraging this by embedding malicious software into Android device firmware. Attackers are now embedding a sophisticated multi-stage loader directly into device firmware. Neither payload is encrypted.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Most organizations express confidence in their current status and budgets, but also expect to experience at least one data breach in 2024. Ransomware & Data Theft Organizations worldwide continue to feel the pain of ransomware attacks, although many ransomware gangs may be shifting to extortion over data theft instead of encrypted data.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 17, 2025

In April 2024, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS suffered a zero-day vulnerability that allowed attackers to install a Python-based backdoor known as UPSTYLE. Man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks: VPN traffic is often encrypted, but still visible and interceptable. Download now.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 4, 2025

This is a news item roundup of privacy or privacy-related news items for 29 DEC 2024 - 4 JAN 2024. Vulnerabilities and Malware Primarily includes severe and exploited vulnerabilities in devices or software used by end users (ex: a major router firmware flaw). Malware campaigns covered generally target/affect the end user.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

September 2, 2024 RansomHub Exploits Multiple Vulnerabilities to Attack Critical Sectors Type of vulnerability: Multiple security flaws from major organizations. The attackers encrypted and stole data from 210 victims in major businesses, threatening data leaks if ransoms weren’t paid. or later to fix the vulnerability.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 3, 2024

Luna HSMs FIPS 140-3 Validation sparsh Wed, 04/03/2024 - 07:52 FIPS 140-3 and You, Part Two Awhile back, we shared that Thales Luna HSMs were about to kick-off the process of moving towards Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3 Level 3, the newest security standard to accredit cryptographic modules. And that’s it!

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SecureList

JANUARY 31, 2024

We do not expect rapid changes in the industrial cyberthreat landscape in 2024. 1 scourge of industrial enterprises in 2024. Most of the below-described trends have been observed before, many for some years. Ransomware Ransomware will remain the No. Vehicle manufacturers and service providers sometimes do likewise.

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Cybersecurity has rapidly evolved over the past decade, and in 2024, this evolution has seen an even greater focus on securing system boot processes, particularly through Initial Program Load (IPL). Firmware Integrity Checks: Firmware sits between the hardware and software, making it an attractive target for attackers.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 3, 2025

The UK will neither confirm nor deny that its killing encryption The Verge This is not US-related, but certainly important enough to follow as it may have ramifications in the US in the form of setting precedent. For this reason, users are encouraged to stay on top of security updates for their software/firmware.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2024

August 5, 2024 Another Apache OfBiz Vulnerability to Watch Type of vulnerability: Remote code execution. It’s tracked as CVE-2024-38856 and allows a threat actor to use a specifically created request to execute code on endpoints without authorization. This affects the safety of OpenSSH’s encryption and transport security features.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2024

August 5, 2024 Another Apache OfBiz Vulnerability to Watch Type of vulnerability: Remote code execution. It’s tracked as CVE-2024-38856 and allows a threat actor to use a specifically created request to execute code on endpoints without authorization. This affects the safety of OpenSSH’s encryption and transport security features.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 20, 2024

District Court claims that NPD experienced a data breach around April 2024, alleging the following: Sensitive data , such as full names, current and previous addresses (going back at least 30 years), Social Security numbers, and details about family members, including some who have been deceased for nearly two decades, were compromised.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

” In February 2024, a court order allowed US authorities to neutralize the Moobot botnet, a network of hundreds of small office/home office (SOHO) routers under the control of the Russia-linked group APT28. Communication to and from the EdgeRouters involved encryption using a randomly generated 16-character AES key.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 13, 2025

Service providers listed here are not necessarily "privacy-focused," but may have privacy practice changes positively (ex: adopting end-to-end encryption for messaging or) or negatively (ex: increased sharing of data with affiliates) affecting a large amount of users. Negative changes Telegram Hands U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2024

January 16, 2024 Open-Source UEFI Implementation Sees 9 Vulnerabilities Type of vulnerability: Weaknesses in the network boot process of UEFI’s network implementation. The problem: The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification has an open-source network implementation, EDK II, with nine discovered vulnerabilities.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2025

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a draft update of its Privacy Framework (PFW) that more closely interconnects it with the popular Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) , which was updated in 2024. Use modern encryption standards. Keep firmware updated.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 26, 2024

and FIPS 140-3 josh.pearson@t… Thu, 06/27/2024 - 00:42 Encryption Shaun Chen | AVP - Sales Engineering, APAC More About This Author > Imagine a world where hackers could easily crack the encryption protecting your most sensitive information. and FIPS 140-3 JUNE 27, 2024 Announced in September 2022, CNSA 2.0

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2024

July 1, 2024 OpenSSH Releases Security Updates to Address RCE Type of vulnerability: Signal handler race condition in OpenSSH server. The problem: CVE-2024-6387 is a signal handler race issue within OpenSSH’s server (sshd) that affects glibc-based Linux systems. The fix: OpenSSH issued updates to address CVE-2024-6387.

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Google Security

AUGUST 12, 2024

Encryption is central to keeping information confidential and secure on the Internet. Today, most Internet sessions in modern browsers are encrypted to prevent anyone from eavesdropping or altering the data in transit. How is encryption at risk? In May 2024, Chrome enabled ML-KEM by default for TLS 1.3 What is PQC?

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Centraleyes

JUNE 11, 2024

12 Risk Mitigation Measures for 2024 In the next section, we draw upon insights from the National Security Agency (NSA) to explore top-tier risk reduction strategies. Encrypt and securely store backups offsite to protect critical data from unauthorized access or tampering. Internal controls ensure that risk is managed at its inception.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2024

May 20, 2024 Critical QNAP NAS Vulnerability Exposes Devices to RCE Type of vulnerability: Stack buffer overflow. The problem: WatchTowr Labs discovered a severe stack buffer overflow vulnerability ( CVE-2024-27130 ) in QNAP’s NAS operating system QTS. To mitigate the issue, immediately update to the newest version.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

However, we decided not to update the toy immediately in order to explore what could be extracted from the older firmware version. After the robot’s software was updated, the aforementioned requests, which previously had been transmitted through the insecure HTTP protocol, started using the secure encryption protocol HTTPS.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Steam the Webinar on demand HERE As we look back on the cybersecurity landscape of 2024, it’s clear that the world of digital threats continues to evolve at an alarming pace in parallel with AI. The saga of LockBit in 2024 exemplifies the resilience and adaptability of these cybercriminal groups.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

0x110000Retrieves the firmware table using the Windows information class SystemFirmwareTableInformation, iterates the table, and checks if any of its values are present in an embedded blocklist.Uses the Windows information class SystemVhdBootInformation and reads the structure member OsDiskIsVhd to verify if the disk is virtual.0x120000Checks

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Warding off zombies : Regularly update device firmware, patch IoT devices, and monitor for unusual traffic patterns. Like vampires, malware strains can operate quietly, leeching data or encrypting files without warning, making ransomware and spyware infections incredibly haunting.

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 9, 2023

There is no concrete method to follow as it will rely on contents of the decomposed design from Step 2, but typical examples might include the following: Intellectual property in the device firmware. Deploy malicious firmware. Use AES encryption. link] [link] Have a software/firmware update mechanism. Encrypt in transit.

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Kali Linux

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Just before the year starts to wrap up, we are getting the final 2024 release out! Finally, in October 2024 , Debian stopped building a i386 kernel (and OS images, as a consequence). 1kali1 (2024-10-15) (kalikali)-[~] $ uname -r 6.11.2-amd64 1kali1 (2024-10-15) (kalikali)-[~] $ uname -r 6.11.2-amd64

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

We met at Infineon’s OktoberTech™ Silicon Valley 2024 conference , which I had the privilege of attending recently at the Computer History Museum. It also validates the integrity of the firmware and checks for any unauthorized modifications. For a drill down on our conversation, please view the accompanying videocast.

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