Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The Mozi botnet accounted for 90% of the IoT network traffic observed between October 2019 and June 2020, IBM reported. According to a new report published by IBM, the Mozi botnet accounted for 90% of the IoT network traffic observed between October 2019 and June 2020. ” continues the analysis.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 31, 2021

In our previous blog post , we discussed the challenges for securing IoT deployments, and how businesses and consumers benefit from authenticating and validating IoT software and firmware updates. Requirements also included that the firmware was to be signed by the manufacturer and verified by the pacemaker. Cloud security.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

On June 11, Fortinet released a half-dozen security updates for its FortiOS firmware, including a weakness that researchers said allows an attacker to run malware on virtually any Fortinet SSL VPN appliance. “This is reachable pre-authentication, on every SSL VPN appliance,” French vulnerability researcher Charles Fol tweeted.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 12, 2023

Similarly, the IT Department needs to evaluate the current environment, the current IT architecture, and the nature of the vulnerability to determine the likelihood of exploitation, which should also be evaluated on a scale from 1 (low likelihood) to 10 (high likelihood). Appendix I.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2022

“The APT actors’ tools have a modular architecture and enable cyber actors to conduct highly automated exploits against targeted devices. . “The APT actors’ tools have a modular architecture and enable cyber actors to conduct highly automated exploits against targeted devices. Enforce principle of least privilege.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2023

Third-party vendor systems include Operating Systems (OS), firmware (software installed on hardware), and applications. and installed software (browsers, accounting software, etc.), but also applies to firmware that controls equipment such as hard drives, network routers, and security cameras.

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Kali Linux

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Instead, we automatically post blog posts thus these accounts are mostly unmonitored! Wireless firmware has been updated, and Magisk firmware flashing is now patched. Radxa Zero images created from the build-scripts should now have firmware to support the wireless card on newer models (1.51+).

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2023

Infected devices were used for multiple malicious activities, including traffic redirections through mobile proxies, info-stealing, click fraud, and social media and online messaging accounts and monetization via advertisements. Threat actors compromised third-party software or the installation of malware-laced firmware.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Similarly, the IT Department needs to evaluate the current environment, the current IT architecture, and the nature of the vulnerability to determine the likelihood of exploitation, which should also be evaluated on a scale from 1 (low likelihood) to 10 (high likelihood). For firmware updates to critical systems (routers, servers, etc.),

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This archive is discreetly hosted on legitimate websites, cleverly disguised as firmware binaries for enigmatic devices labeled “m100” The Bitbucket repository was created on June 21, 2018, under the account of Julie Heilman, and it remains the sole repository associated with this profile. onion ghtyqipha6mcwxiz[.]onion

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SecureList

JUNE 20, 2023

The findings of the study reveal a number of serious security issues, including the use of hard-coded credentials, and an insecure firmware update process. We later managed to extract the firmware from the EEPROM for further static reverse engineering. Further hardware analysis of the circuit board helped us identify chips.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

“With a cyberattack, it’s more than just data that needs protecting—at risk is really the entire physical infrastructure from applications and operating systems down to low-level firmware and BIOS. Druva’s metadata-centric architecture supports management and security of data in the cloud with long-term retention, and regulatory compliance.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

and installed software (operating systems, applications, firmware, etc.). Vulnerability scanning and management helps organizations to detect, track, and resolve or mitigate vulnerabilities throughout systems (networks, Kubernetes platforms, etc.), assets (endpoints, servers, IoT, routers, etc.),

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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. link] [link] Have a software/firmware update mechanism. Cryptographic keys on the device or pod.

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Kali Linux

MAY 15, 2022

VirtualBox Shared Folder Support If you are using VirtualBox, when a user account is created, it is now automatically added to the vboxsf group by default. kali7-amd64 NOTE: The output of uname -r may be different depending on the system architecture. So if, for example, you remove the Zsh shell configuration file, ~/.zshrc

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

SD-WAN is a virtual architecture for managing a wide-area network covering distributed, hybrid IT environments typical for today’s enterprise organizations. With SD-WAN architectures, branch employees and remote users connect to an enterprise network through a web of connected devices over the internet. What is SD-WAN?

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LRQA Nettitude Labs

AUGUST 30, 2023

By carefully accounting for data dependencies and memory access ordering, the processor can parallelise operations across multiple physical ALUs and other units at the same time, re-ordering operations to try to ensure maximum utilisation of parallel units at all times.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Why It Matters Network segmentation is a powerful approach for mitigating potential threats and ensuring a safe, well-organized network architecture. Automate Patches and Updates Ensure strong network security by automating regular updates of firewall firmware and installing security patches as soon as they become available.

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Veracode Security

MAY 24, 2021

There is very little tooling available due to the complexity of the analysis and the types of architectures and systems that must be analyzed. Analyzing device firmware requires an approach that tests an entire system made up of hundreds of programs, including drivers, applications, and operating systems.

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Google Security

MARCH 12, 2021

We've confirmed that this proof-of-concept, or its variants, function across a variety of operating systems, processor architectures, and hardware generations. Instead, robust solutions to these issues require security boundaries in applications such as web browsers to be aligned with low-level primitives, for example process-based isolation.

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

Lastly, the pump runs its own custom Real Time Operating System (RTOS) and firmware on a M32C microcontroller. An architecture diagram below helps demonstrates the system layout and design when a pump is present in the docking station. Figure 2: System Architecture. SpaceCom Functions and Software Components.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

MiTM attacks allow attackers to eavesdrop, modify, or steal sensitive information, such as financial account information or login credentials. Architecture model: A diagram or description of the network and system architecture used to understand possible attack surfaces.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2022

A ransomware attack in New Jersey’s Somerset County disrupted services and forced employees to shut down computers and create temporary Gmail accounts to ensure the public could still email key departments. This allows the malware to run on different combinations of operating systems and architectures.

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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. The energy firm did not say how many accounts were affected by the breach, which was first reported by MoneySavingExpert.com. Npower App Hack. Critical VMware Vulnerabilities.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

According to Gartner, by 2020, more than 25% of identified enterprise attacks will involve IoT , though IoT is expected to account for only 10% of IT security budgets. A strong PKI security architecture together with encryption and code signing are core technology investments for organizations building a trusted IoT ecosystem.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Using a malicious script, the attackers redirected their targets’ incoming email to an email address controlled by the attackers, gathering data from the compromised accounts. Although there was a public report of drones used to hack a Wi-Fi network in 2022, there are no accounts of similar events happening in 2023.

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