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.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

There are so many reasons why manufacturers connect their products to the Internet, whether it’s industrial machines, medical devices, consumer goods or even cars. Additionally, many auto manufacturers now have the ability to remotely update software to fix vulnerabilities or even upgrade functionality. Co-ordination is key.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

From backdoors- As the Korean giant creates, validates and manufactures its computing devices all on its own, its every piece of hardware, wiring and firmware is securely drafted at its high secure R&D plants & factories in the world.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

I also looked at custom firmware and soldering and why, to my mind, that was a path I didn't need to go down at this time. Let's got through the options: Firmware Patching I'll start with the devices themselves and pose a question to you: can you remember the last time you patched the firmware in your light globes? Or vibrator.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 1, 2023

To prevent unwanted access and protect data in transit, wireless connections must be secured with strong authentication procedures, encryption protocols, access control rules, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and other security measures. As a result, wireless networks are prone to eavesdropping, illegal access and theft.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2019

But according to an in-depth analysis shared with KrebsOnSecurity by security researcher Paul Marrapese , iLnkP2P devices offer no authentication or encryption and can be easily enumerated, allowing potential attackers to establish a direct connection to these devices while bypassing any firewall restrictions.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Countermeasures: To prevent drone signal hijacking, drone manufacturers and operators can implement encryption and authentication mechanisms for RF communication. Most encryption standards are currently implemented in RF (Radio Frequency) communications and can vary depending on the specific RF application.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an alert to warn that the Mamba ransomware is abusing the DiskCryptor open source tool to encrypt entire drives. Mamba ransomware is one of the first malware that encrypted hard drives rather than files that was detected in public attacks. ” reads the alert published by the FBI.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2022

The ransomware was involved in attacks aimed at technology and healthcare, defense contractors, educational institutions, manufacturers, companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. To each encrypted file, it appends a randomized nine-digit hexadecimal number as an extension. ” reads the joint advisory. “The

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 3, 2023

To protect against those threats, a Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption protocol is recommended. WPA2 is a security protocol that secures wireless networks using the advanced encryption standard (AES). WEP and WPA are both under 4%, while WPA2 commands a 73% share of known wireless encryption connections.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2020

The backdoor accounts in the firmware of 29 FTTH Optical Line Termination (OLT) devices from popular vendor C-Data. The security duo, composed of Pierre Kim and Alexandre Torres, disclosed seven vulnerabilities in the firmware of FTTH OLT devices manufactured by C-Data. ” reads the analysis published by the experts.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

There are three major threat vectors that harm IoT deployments: Devices are hijacked by malicious software; Data collected and processed in IoT ecosystems is tampered with and impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information; and, Weak user and device authentication. The truth, however, is far from that.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 16, 2021

The cars we drive today have become truly connected objects, capable of a variety of functionalities that both users and manufacturers could have only dreamed of in past decades. However, with increased connectivity in our cars, new challenges are arising for both manufacturers and users. Technologies that enable connectivity in cars.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 25, 2023

is related to incorrect authentication of the bulb, which means the device can be impersonated, allowing for Tapo password theft and device manipulation. The other two issues, which are not as severe, related to lack of checks of received messages with regard to how old they are and a lack of randomness during encryption.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Toy manufacturers are striving to keep up with these trends, releasing more and more models that can also be called “smart.” However, we decided not to update the toy immediately in order to explore what could be extracted from the older firmware version. This was the first security-related issue we discovered.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

. “AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States including, but not limited to, the Financial Services, Critical Manufacturing, and Government Facilities sectors. Use multifactor authentication where possible.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

The malicious code specifically targets QNAP NAS devices manufactured by Taiwanese company QNAP, it already infected over 62,000 QNAP NAS devices. CGI password logger This installs a fake version of the device admin login page, logging successful authentications and passing them to the legitimate login page.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 16, 2022

While anyone can fall victim to these threat actors, the FBI noted that this malware has been used to target a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure organizations, including defense contractors, educational institutions, manufacturers, technology companies, and especially organizations in the healthcare and medical industries.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“These operations have targeted various industries, including Aerospace & Defense, Education, Energy & Utilities, Governments, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Retail, Technology, and Transportation. Communication to and from the EdgeRouters involved encryption using a randomly generated 16-character AES key.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 13, 2018

With consumers in particular prioritising convenience and functionality over security, it’s down to manufacturers to ensure security is embedded into devices from the point of creation. Authentic, secure patching ensures that manufacturers can mitigate security issues before cyber criminals can act.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Small farms, large producers, processors and manufacturers, and markets and restaurants are particularly exposed to ransomware attacks. Install updates/patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as they are released. Use multifactor authentication with strong pass phrases where possible.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

level vulnerability involves a lack of validation, which allows attackers to steal Kubernetes API credentials from the ingress controller, compromise the authentication process by modifying settings, and gain access to internal files including service account tokens. CVE-2022-4886 (Path Sanitization Bypass): This 8.8-level

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 1, 2021

28 NSA-CISA document (PDF download) urges buyers to use standards-based VPNs from vendors with a track record of swiftly addressing known vulnerabilities and using strong authentication credentials. Examine whether a product offers strong authentication credentials and protocols by default, as opposed to weak credentials and protocols.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As an example, we could use communications between systems that are not properly encrypted. Improper encryption. Hackers or other malicious sources can intercept poorly encrypted communications on the web. The Flaws in Manufacturing Process. Vicious insider. Another issue with input is the cross-site scripting (XSS).

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

According to open-source reporting, since August 2020, DarkSide actors have been targeting multiple large, high-revenue organizations, resulting in the encryption and theft of sensitive data. Require multi-factor authentication for remote access to OT and IT networks. 3 ],[ 4 ]” reads the joint alert.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 15, 2021

The good news is that security is no longer being ignored during the manufacturing of the devices. Secure firmware flashing is also a way to enhance assurance of device security, allowing for audit capabilities and controls around these devices. Encryption Key Management. There are also data privacy implications with IoT.

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SecureList

JUNE 8, 2022

They make the router much easier to hack, which gives the opportunity to get round password protection features (such as CAPTCHA or a limited number of login attempts), run third-party code, bypass authentication, send remote commands to the router or even disable it. Use proper encryption. Make sure to update the firmware.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Brute-force attacks on services that use SSH, a more advanced protocol that encrypts traffic, can yield similar outcomes. As if that were not enough, many IoT devices have unalterable main passwords set by manufacturers. User files were encrypted, with the device’s interface displaying a ransom note demanding payment of 0.03

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 28, 2022

Although governments and institutions are taking many steps towards securing the manufacturing of these critical devices (e.g., Lack of strong authentication to protect the wide array of distributed IoT devices leaves the door open to adversaries to penetrate the corporate network and literally wreak havoc. Related Posts.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Weak authentication. With IoT PKI, Secure IoT can be accomplished by enabling strong authentication and encryption of communication to ensure the integrity of transactions and data. When requesting the operator certificate from the operator’s CA, the device in the field can authenticate with the help of the factory certificate.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

A VPN provides a secure internet connection, ensuring your browsing data is encrypted for maximum privacy and security. Use best practices like creating a separate password for every account and device, using two-factor authentication, and create strong passwords with a combination of upper-case and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols.

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Spinone

MARCH 17, 2018

These smart devices include cars, household appliances, building systems such as lighting and heating, televisions, medical devices, manufacturing equipment, and many other types of systems used both in a consumer and industrial setting. Lack of Data Encryption 70% of devices were found to send data over the network unencrypted.

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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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ForAllSecure

JUNE 8, 2022

Even so, the car manufacturers carved out large groups of codes. Since then, car manufacturers have improved on this. Certainly no one uses 40 bit encryption anymore. So the thing was that one major German car manufacturer had the standard pin of 1234. It wasn't very robust. It was a mere 40 bit key length.

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Introduction This guide deals with threat modelling and early stages of development so that security issues and controls are identified before committing to manufacturing. Deploy malicious firmware. Use AES encryption. This also makes testing and validation straightforward. Cryptographic keys on the device or pod.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. Problem is, MAC addresses are not great for authentication. It seemed that once you authenticated through the local network, the app maintain that access, even if you are halfway across the world.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. Problem is, MAC addresses are not great for authentication. It seemed that once you authenticated through the local network, the app maintain that access, even if you are halfway across the world.

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