Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2020

AMD is going to release patches for a flaw affecting the System Management Mode (SMM) of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). The vulnerability was discovered by the security researcher Danny Odler, it resides in the AMD’s Mini PC could allow attackers to manipulate secure firmware and execute arbitrary code.

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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. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 27, 2023

Typical applications include green IIoT technologies like charging stations, smart meters, and PV inverters, for which only a small amount of memory is required to run boot software or to communicate with cloud applications. They also guarantee 100% data security. specifications and is fully backward compatible.

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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

But last week, Barracuda took the highly unusual step of offering to replace compromised ESGs , evidently in response to malware that altered the systems in such a fundamental way that they could no longer be secured remotely with software updates. “Patch your #Fortigate.”

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2023

Third-party vendor systems include Operating Systems (OS), firmware (software installed on hardware), and applications. Patch management seeks to maintain IT equipment in optimal condition and add features when available through the acquisition, testing, and application of third-party software updates (aka: patches).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

Additionally, many auto manufacturers now have the ability to remotely update software to fix vulnerabilities or even upgrade functionality. For instance, running heavy software-based agents just isn’t an option in an embedded pacemaker or insulin pump device. weak cryptography, software bugs, malware, etc.). Edge Devices.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 12, 2023

Vulnerability management relies on accurate lists of existing systems, software, connections, and security. Related systems, software, and processes should also be noted for the vulnerability. In some cases a mitigation may render a system unusable or cause cascading problems to other IT systems or software.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Vital defense strategies include timely patching and updating of software, as well as locking down network access with multifactor authentication (MFA) and privileged access management (PAM) solutions. Accordingly, organizations should expect an increase in phishing campaigns. Supply chain attacks will intensify.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

With IoT, we first need a way to do software updates, because if a vulnerability is discovered, you need to be able to push out updated non-vulnerable software. Then you’ve got to figure out how to integrate the solutions into a much broader architecture around 5G that would provide the connectivity,” he said. “So,

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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. NIST : [link] CVSv3 : 6.5

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Kali Linux

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Introducing the Micro Mirror Free Software CDN With this latest release of Kali Linux, our network of community mirrors grew much stronger, thanks to the help of the Micro Mirror CDN! Last month we replied to a long-forgotten email from Kenneth Finnegan from the FCIX Software Mirror. The summary of the changelog since the 2023.4

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

includes several new flaws, including: Vulnerability Affected software CVE-2017-17105 Zivif PR115-204-P-RS CVE-2019-10655 Grandstream CVE-2020-25223 WebAdmin of Sophos SG UTM CVE-2021-42013 Apache CVE-2022-31137 Roxy-WI CVE-2022-33891 Apache Spark ZSL-2022-5717 MiniDVBLinux. “Since the release of Zerobot 1.1,

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-In uses VBS to isolate biometric software, and to create secure pathways to external components like the camera and TPM. United Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). Windows 11 comes ready to embrace the impressively-named Pluton TPM architecture. Trusted Platform Module 2.0 (TPM

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This Patch Management Policy: Outlines the expectations, requirements, basic procedures to maintain [eSecurity Planet] systems and software Defines reports to verify compliance with this policy Provides penalties for failure to comply with this policy. Patch management relies upon accurate lists of existing systems and software for updates.

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Kali Linux

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

To enable wireless support, we need to find: The kernel Wi-Fi modules that need to be in the initramfs (Depends on hardware) The Wi-Fi firmware files that need to be in the initramfs (Depends on hardware) The Wireless interface name (Kali defaults to: wlan0 ) Additional packages to increase functionally. bin firmware: brcm/brcmfmac*-sdio.*.txt

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

NSO Group’s Pegasus software has been routinely in the headlines in recent years for using zero-click attacks to install its spyware. The software has exploited zero-day vulnerabilities and unpatched flaws in software, most of the time unknown by the victims and companies. NSO’s Business Model Spreads.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

These additional hardware-level controls, along with robust key management processes, are used by software to create logically secure enclaves that help mitigate compute-adjacent threats to your data. Fortunately, vendors have responded quickly with patches, firmware updates, and key reissuance to address these architectural flaws.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Golang (also known as Go) is an open-source programming language designed by Google and first published in 2007 that makes it easier for developers to build software. Ax with firmware 1.04b12 and earlier. NETGEAR DGN2200 devices with firmware through 10.0.0.50. Affected products include: NAS326 before firmware V5.21(AAZF.7)C0

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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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SecureList

JULY 6, 2022

As a rule, this means that the source code of the device’s firmware is unavailable and all the researcher can use is the user manual and a few threads on some user forum discussing the device’s operation. The vulnerability assessment of IoT/IIoT devices is based on analyzing their firmware.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It usually exploits unpatched and unknown flaws in software (“ zero day ” threats) so there’s no protection or forensic measure possible. You may have heard about the Pegasus software created by the NSO Group. REST is a standardized client-server architecture for APIs where resources can be fetched at specific URLs.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 11, 2024

Vulnerabilities in router firmware, weak passwords, and unpatched software serve as easy entry points for attackers looking to compromise these devices. In September 2023, Chinese state-sponsored hackers strategically implanted modifying software in routers to obscure their activity and move laterally within the target network.

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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. The Triada Trojan makes use of the Zygote parent process to implement its code in the context of all software on the device, this means that the threat is able to run in each application.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2021

The internet of things (IoT) describes the network of interconnected devices embedded with sensors, software, or other technology that exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet. . Furthermore, to fully secure IoT devices, you need to address both hardware and software. . Device security brings its own difficulties.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 10, 2021

Beyond that, he drives the basis of our creations and holds 48 patents in complex firmware architecture with products deployed to hundreds of thousands of users. For years we have been told that better software development life cycle (SDLC) practices result in better security outcomes.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2022

While cloud security offerings provide a wide spectrum of choices, there are three generalized situations to compare against on-premises data centers: infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). This responsibility does not extend to software that customers install on cloud devices.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 14, 2019

Trend Micro is among the top five endpoint security vendors who’ve been in the battle since the earliest iterations of antivirus software, more than three decades ago. I met with Kevin Simzer, for instance, Trend Micro’s chief operating officer. The company has evolved far beyond those days.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 20, 2022

Linux is widely used in web servers and cloud infrastructure, but the open-source software also is broadly adopted in mobile and IoT devices due to its scalability, performance and security. Many require firmware updates rather than use such tools as yum or apt for patching, adding that users can’t deploy endpoint protection on most of them.

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Kali Linux

DECEMBER 4, 2023

For the time being, the image is for ARM64 architecture, hopefully additional flavors will come later. The first thing we can say is that, with Mirrorbits, we find ourselves lucky: this is a rock-solid piece of software, built on modern tech (Go and Redis), initially released 10 years ago, and running in production for just as long.

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Kali Linux

DECEMBER 5, 2022

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+). Pinebook Pro images have firmware to support the new wireless card on more recent models.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2022

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. Unlike Meltdown and Spectre , ÆPIC Leak is an architectural bug , which means that the sensitive data are disclosed without relying on side channel attacks.

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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. What was the real purpose?

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The Security Ledger

MAY 29, 2019

A programming glitch in GPS satellite software grounded planes in China and other countries. A programming glitch in GPS satellite software grounded planes in China and other countries. Decisions about architecture made decades ago can have long term and often unexpected consequences today, he notes. Read the whole entry. »

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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. It provides a way to centrally protect and govern data across multiple software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. Key Differentiators.

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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

AUGUST 22, 2023

and installed software (operating systems, applications, firmware, etc.). More integrated MSSPs may create management networks that connect to their clients’ networks using technologies such as software defined wide area networks ( SD-WAN ). assets (endpoints, servers, IoT, routers, etc.),

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