Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

. “The actor has so far primarily deployed Cyclops Blink to WatchGuard devices, but it is likely that Sandworm would be capable of compiling the malware for other architectures and firmware.” The malware leverages the firmware update process to achieve persistence. SecurityAffairs – hacking, CISA).

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2023

The cause of the vulnerability is the 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.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The botnet leverages a robust architecture based on a combination of third-party services, P2P, and Command & Control servers. This architecture was implemented to make the botnet resilient to takedowns by law enforcement and security firms with the support of the vendors of the infected devices. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Threat actors can execute code by exploiting an unpatched or new security issue over-the-air, or abusing the local OS firmware update mechanism. For example, a new firmware version will not physically remove shared memory from a chip or adjust for arbitrary jitter in a serial protocol. ” concludes the paper.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

Working exploits for LAN and WAN interface accesses were respectively reported by Team Viettel and Qrious Security. In March, TP-Link released a firmware update to address multiple issues, including this vulnerability. The vulnerability was first reported to ZDI during the Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 event.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Zerobot targets multiple architectures, including i386, amd64, arm, arm64, mips, mips64, mips64le, mipsle, ppc64, ppc64le, riscv64, and s390x. “The continuous evolution and rapid addition of new capabilities in the latest Zerobot version underscores the urgency of implementing comprehensive security measures.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2022

According to the advisory that was issued with the help of leading cybersecurity firms (Dragos, Mandiant, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, and Schneider Electric), nation-state hacking groups were able to hack multiple industrial systems using a new ICS-focused malware toolkit dubbed PIPEDREAM that was discovered in early 2022.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

In fact, Ericsson Network Manager is an Operations support system (‘OSS’ according to network jargon) , which allows the management of all the devices interconnected to it, ensuring the management of configurations, firmware updates and all automation and maintenance operations of an advanced mobile radio network. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

. “Our analysis of this particular sample indicates the file executes on microprocessor without interlocked pipelined stages (MIPS) architecture. This is an extension understood by machines running reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architecture, which is prevalent on many IoT devices.” ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2019

.” The RCE flaw affects TP-Link Wi-Fi Extender models RE365, RE650, RE350 and RE500 running firmware version 1.0.2, The extender operates on the MIPS architecture, like many routers, the zero-day flaw can be triggered. The extender operates on the MIPS architecture, like many routers, the zero-day flaw can be triggered.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2023

The most interesting characteristic of the Triada Trojan apart is its modular architecture, which gives it theoretically a wide range of abilities. Threat actors compromised third-party software or the installation of malware-laced firmware. The experts speculate the attack vector employed by the Lemon Group is a supply chain attack.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2019

The only way to recover infected devices is to manually reinstall the device’s firmware. The IoT malware is targeting any Unix-like system with default login credentials, according to Cashdollar it leverages a Bash shell version to target any architecture running a Unix like OS. SecurityAffairs – Silex malware, hacking).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2022

Researchers uncovered a new flaw, dubbed ÆPIC, in Intel CPUs that enables attackers to obtain encryption keys and other secret information from the processors. The ÆPIC Leak ( CVE-2022-21233 ) is the first architecturally CPU bug that could lead to the disclosure of sensitive data and impacts most 10th, 11th and 12th generation Intel CPUs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2021

The IP addresses used for fetching the payloads in Figure 9 (above) were generally the open directories where malicious payloads for different architectures were hosted by the attacker (see Figure 10). Keep systems and firmware updated with the latest releases and patches. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Mirai). executes the payload.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2019

In order to determine what miner to deliver, the bot collects system information, such as manufacturer, hardware details, and processor architecture. The script for a. sh reveals shows that the attackers can choose from three different miners. The bot also attempts to lock out other threats by modifying /etc/hosts.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

He’s played in ten final DEF CON CTFs, was a part of DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge, and recently he’s moderated the live broadcast of the annual Hack-A-Sat competition. It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living. VAMOSI: I am not a gamer. So I started in my career as a network.

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

Unique Considerations for Infusion Pump Hacking. Designed for Safety Rather than Security. Due to the potential critical impact and the state of medical device security, many previous projects didn’t need to dig very deep to find security issues or concerns. Figure 2: System Architecture. Initial Access.

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Kali Linux

AUGUST 22, 2023

Internal Infrastructure With the release of Debian 12 which came out this summer, we took this opportunity to re-work, re-design, and re-architecture our infrastructure. Build-Logs - Output of our images/platform as well as packages being created on each supported architecture. The highlights of the changelog since the 2023.2

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Remote access trojans (RATs): RATs can be used to remotely gain control of a machine, placing the user’s privacy and security at risk. Once attackers have access, they may steal sensitive data, install malicious software or use the hacked machine as a launchpad for further cyber attacks on systems within the network.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2020

. “ Mukashi brute forces the logins using different combinations of default credentials, while informing its command and control (C2) server of the successful login attempts. Multiple, if not all, Zyxel NAS products running firmware versions up to 5.21 are vulnerable to this pre-authentication command injection vulnerability.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, February 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.

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