Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The experts were investigating several suspicious UEFI firmware images when discovered four components, some of which were borrowing the source code a Hacking Team spyware. In 2015, the hacker who breached the systems of the Italian surveillance firm Hacking Team leaked a 400GB package containing hacking tools and exploits codes.

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SecureList

JUNE 20, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll discuss the results of a vulnerability research study focused on a popular model of smart pet feeder. 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.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

While we were unable to obtain the same results by analyzing the CERT-UA samples, we subsequently identified a different WhiteBlackCrypt sample matching the WhisperKill architecture and sharing similar code. In December we were made aware of a UEFI firmware-level compromise through logs from our firmware scanning technology.

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