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P2P Weakness Exposes Millions of IoT Devices

Krebs on Security

iLnkP2p is bundled with millions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including security cameras and Webcams, baby monitors, smart doorbells, and digital video recorders. He found that 39 percent of the vulnerable IoT things were in China; another 19 percent are located in Europe; seven percent of them are in use in the United States.

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Both Mirai and Hoaxcalls IoT botnets target Symantec Web Gateways

Security Affairs

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers observed both the Mirai and Hoaxcalls botnets using an exploit for a post-authentication Remote Code Execution vulnerability in legacy Symantec Web Gateways 5.0.2.8. Experts note that the exploit is only effective for authenticated sessions and the affected devices are End of Life (EOL) from 2012.

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IoT Cybersecurity: 5 Major Vulnerabilities and How to Tackle Them

Security Affairs

The number of sensors and smart devices connected to the internet is exponentially rising, which are the 5 Major Vulnerabilities for IoT devices. If you take a look at the global market for IoT, you can easily spot the trend. IoT devices are exposed to cybersecurity vulnerabilities. IoT is a complicated concept.

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Hacking the Twinkly IoT Christmas lights

Security Affairs

Security researchers discovered some flaws in the Twinkly IoT lights that could be exploited display custom lighting effects and to remotely turn off them. ” Once the mobile app has discovered the IP address of the lights, it authenticates with them, receives an authentication token and retrieves information about the device.

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Millions of IoT Devices exposed to remote hacks due to iLnkP2P flaws

Security Affairs

Experts discovered security flaws in the iLnkP2P peer-to-peer (P2P) system that exposes millions of IoT devices to remote attacks. The iLnkP2P system allows users to remotely connect to their IoT devices using a mobile phone or a PC. Potentially affected IoT devices include cameras and smart doorbells. Pierluigi Paganini.

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ZoomEye IoT search engine cached login passwords for tens of thousands of Dahua DVRs

Security Affairs

A security researcher discovered that the IoT search engine ZoomEye has cached login passwords for tens of thousands of Dahua DVRs. The IoT search engine ZoomEye has cached login passwords for tens of thousands of Dahua DVRs, the discovery was made by security researcher Ankit Anubhav, Principal Researcher at NewSky Security.

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Researchers warn of QNAP NAS attacks in the wild

Security Affairs

Hackers target QNAP NAS devices running multiple firmware versions vulnerable to a remote code execution (RCE) flaw addressed by the vendor 3 years ago. QNAP addressed the vulnerability with the release of firmware version 4.3.3 Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. on July 21, 2017.

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