Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2020

The CVE-2019-0090 vulnerability affects the firmware running on the ROM of the Intel’s Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME). Intel CSME is responsible for initial authentication of Intel-based systems by loading and verifying all other firmware for modern platforms.” x, SPS_E3_05.00.04.027.0.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Security researchers at Digital Defense discovered three vulnerabilities in D-Link VPN routers, including command injection flaws, and an authenticated crontab injection flaw. The third flaw is an Authenticated Crontab Injection that could allow an authenticated user to inject arbitrary CRON entries that will then be executed as root.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 27, 2023

It was designed to support both old and new iPhones and included a Pointer Authentication Code (PAC) bypass for exploitation of recent models. We are almost done reverse-engineering every aspect of this attack chain, and we will be releasing a series of articles next year detailing each vulnerability and how it was exploited.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2018

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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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 16, 2024

Potential results of the exploits include authentication bypass and command injection. January 11, 2024 Smart Thermostat from Bosch Puts Offices in Danger Type of vulnerability: Malicious commands sent from an attacker to the thermostat, including potentially replacing firmware with rogue code. Versions 9.x

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2022

By using the manufacturer’s built-in ports, we were able to manipulate on-board components and interact with the device.Combining both known and novel techniques, we were able to achieve root access to the device’s operating system and pull its firmware for emulation and vulnerability discovery.” Overall 4.8. Overall 4.8.

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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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

“The authentication function contains undocumented code which provides the ability to authenticate as root without having to know the actual root password. An adversary with the private key can remotely authenticate to the management interface as root.” ” reads the advisory published by the expert.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2021

This information is being shared as part of a coordinated disclosure with ICS-CERT, which published advisory ICSA-21-238-02 , and with the vendor, Annke, which has released firmware that fixes the issue.” The experts performed reverse engineering of the firmware to fully unrestricted SSH access. – Source Nozomi.

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Google Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Posted by Fabian Kaczmarczyck, Software Engineer, Jean-Michel Picod, Software Engineer and Elie Bursztein, Security and Anti-abuse Research Lead Security keys and your phone’s built-in security keys are reshaping the way users authenticate online. So, today we are releasing a new open source security key test suite.

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SecureList

JUNE 11, 2024

Second, terminals can be connected to other scanners, such as electronic pass readers, or support other authentication methods using built-in hardware. External appearance of the device The device has several physical interfaces, supporting four authentication methods: biometric (facial recognition), password, electronic pass, and QR code.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2020

The leak was first published by Till Kottmann, a Swiss software engineer, who manage a very popular Telegram channel on data leak. The engineering received the files from an anonymous hacker who claimed to have hacked the company earlier this year, the experts believe that this leak is just a first lot on a larger collection.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

The directive applies to any networking devices — such as firewalls, routers and load balancers — that allow remote authentication or administration. “This is reachable pre-authentication, on every SSL VPN appliance,” French vulnerability researcher Charles Fol tweeted. “Patch your #Fortigate.”

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Chicago CyberSecurity Training

JULY 1, 2023

Use Strong Passwords and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): One of the most important steps to securing your business is to use strong pass phrases for your accounts. Be sure to avoid passphrases that may include information that can be easily gathered about you via social engineering. Avoid using pass words (ex.

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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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SecureList

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

However, we decided not to update the toy immediately in order to explore what could be extracted from the older firmware version. ADB Activation We analyzed the configuration files contained in the firmware memory chip and found a setting called “ENABLE_ADB=N.” This was the first security-related issue we discovered.

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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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Security Boulevard

MARCH 15, 2022

A few days later, Lapsus$ announced on its Telegram channel that it had breached Samsung and offered evidence including biometric authentication information and source code from both Samsung and one of its suppliers, Qualcomm. The group is also asking Nvidia to open source its GPU drivers for macOS, Windows, and Linux devices.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 10, 2022

. “When executed at the command line without any arguments, Maui prints usage information, detailing supported command-line parameters,” Stairwell Principal Research Engineer Silas Cutler wrote in the report. Keep operating systems, applications, and firmware up to date. Create a cybersecurity response plan.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering. Social engineering invariably is the first step in cyber attacks ranging from phishing and ransomware to business email compromise ( BEC ) scams and advanced persistent threat ( APT ) hacks. Always remember. Never trust.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2021

The Resecurity® HUNTER unit has identified a new tool available for sale in the Dark Web called MASQ , enabling bad actors to emulate device fingerprints thus allowing them to bypass fraud protection controls, including authentication mechanisms. The tool is available for $130 and each new device fingerprint starts from $1.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2020

“One of the screenshots seems to consist of LG Electronics official firmware or software update releases that assist their hardware products to work more efficiently.” At the time of publishing this article, the Maze ransomware operators have released three screenshots as proof of the data breach. ” continues Cyble.

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 31, 2023

With the default configuration of these printers, it’s possible to retrieve these credentials in an encrypted format without authenticating to the printer. This led him to reverse engineering the firmware to identify how the CipherValue (AKA the password) was derived. This has been given the ID CVE-2023-46327.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2022

New BotenaGo samples were found with very low AV detection (3/60 engines). Install security and firmware upgrades from vendors, as soon as possible. 2830690: ETPRO EXPLOIT GPON Authentication Bypass Attempt (CVE-2018-10561). 2027063: ET EXPLOIT Outbound GPON Authentication Bypass Attempt (CVE-2018-10561). Background.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

“It is p ossible to identify exposed systems using search engines like Shodan, and it is feasible to scan the entire IPv4 internet. This unauthenticated remote command injection vulnerability affects Linear eMerge E3 access control systems running firmware versions 1.00-06 ” reads the advisory p ublished by Applied Risk.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2022

Around the turn of the century, cybersecurity was not a big concern, and during the development of some systems no special cybersecurity parameters were deployed because engineers thought the technology was too advanced for a hacker to compromise. Enforce principle of least privilege through authorization policies.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2024

doesn’t always require authentication for SSID during a Wi-Fi session. Note that some DIR-600 devices are end of life, so D-Link won’t release any firmware updates for these. The problem: This new Chrome vulnerability is an out-of-bounds write in Chrome V8, Chrome’s JavaScript engine.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2022

Enforce multifactor authentication for all remote access to ICS networks and devices whenever possible. Maintain known-good offline backups for faster recovery upon a disruptive attack, and conduct hashing and integrity checks on firmware and controller configuration files to ensure validity of those backups.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Does the engineer need to secure his iPhone or the digital control panel in the operations center? Many ICS devices are insecure by design – lacking authentication, encryption, and other security standards that typically apply to IT applications and systems. What specific operation technology (OT) processes are involved?

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Does the engineer need to secure his iPhone or the digital control panel in the operations center? Many ICS devices are insecure by design – lacking authentication, encryption, and other security standards that typically apply to IT applications and systems. What specific operation technology (OT) processes are involved?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

This isolation is supported by strong cryptography to enable verification of authenticity of the enclave, along with providing privacy and integrity of both the enclave code as well as the sensitive data being processed. However, this unfortunately adds to your operational complexity equation. To use, or not to use?

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Controllers are configured and programmed using engineering software – EcoStruxure™ Control Expert (Unity Pro), EcoStruxure™ Process Expert, etc. The CVE-2021-22779 vulnerability, identified in the course of the research, could allow a remote attacker to make changes to the PLC, bypassing authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Alarmingly, this API lacks any form of authentication, allowing virtually anyone, even a malicious website you might visit, to send commands to the CLI. They can be remotely exploited without authentication, potentially enabling remote code execution, service disruptions, and arbitrary operations on the routers. via port 8076.

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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. Then, more specifically, we analyzed the mobile application itself using static reverse engineering of the different use cases.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

These malicious apps constitute a risk for customers and developers alike—and they can be easily found online using the most common search engines. VIPs and executives can also be impersonated to conduct social engineering attacks. Set up two-factor (or multi-factor) authentication on any account that allows it, and never disable it.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2024

GitHub Enterprise Server and GitLab patched their authentication bypass and XSS issues. Immediately update your QNAP devices to the most recent firmware to mitigate these issues. May 21, 2024 GitHub Enterprise Server Update Fixes SAML Authentication Bypass Type of vulnerability: Authentication bypass.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The researchers performed reverse engineering of the firmware image for the COMpact 5500, version 7.8A The researchers used Ghidra for their analysis, it is the open-source reverse engineering tool developed by the US National Security Agency (NSA). . “Equipped with this password we then could authenticate successfully.

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