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Trend Micro fixes 3 flaws in Home Network Security Devices

Security Affairs

Trend Micro fixed some flaws in Trend Micro Home Network Security devices that could be exploited to elevate privileges or achieve arbitrary authentication. Trend Micro fixed three vulnerabilities in Home Network Security devices that could be exploited to elevate privileges or achieve arbitrary authentication.

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Microsoft Discloses Critical Bugs Allowing Takeover of NETGEAR Routers

The Hacker News

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed critical security vulnerabilities affecting NETGEAR DGN2200v1 series routers, which they say could be reliably abused as a jumping-off point to compromise a network's security and gain unfettered access. The three HTTPd authentication security weaknesses (CVSS scores: 7.1 – 9.4)

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Over 9,000 Routers Hijacked: ASUS Users Caught in Ongoing Cyber Operation

eSecurity Planet

They also used two additional authentication bypass techniques that havent been assigned official CVE numbers yet. Stored the backdoor in NVRAM, a memory that survives both reboots and firmware updates. Once compromised, attackers maintain control regardless of whether the device is rebooted or updated with new firmware.

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NETGEAR meltdown: CVE-2021-34991 “Pre-Authentication Buffer Overflow”

Security Boulevard

As you might expect, that company “strongly recommends that you download the latest firmware as soon as possible”. That sounds normal until you consider the totality of vulnerable products versus the ones getting updates (those models under active … Continue reading NETGEAR meltdown: CVE-2021-34991 “Pre-Authentication Buffer Overflow” ?.

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Researchers warn of QNAP NAS attacks in the wild

Security Affairs

Hackers target QNAP NAS devices running multiple firmware versions vulnerable to a remote code execution (RCE) flaw addressed by the vendor 3 years ago. QNAP addressed the vulnerability with the release of firmware version 4.3.3 The researchers discovered that the issue resides in the CGI program. . on July 21, 2017.

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SonicWall fixes an NSM On-Prem bug, patch it asap!

Security Affairs

SonicWall urges customers to address a post-authentication flaw that affects on-premises versions of the Network Security Manager (NSM). “SonicWall has validated and patched a post-authentication vulnerability ( SNWLID-2021-0014 ) within the on-premises version of Network Security Manager (NSM).

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Western Digital Cyber Attack a ‘Wake Up Call for ASIC Vendors’

eSecurity Planet

But depending on what code and data the hackers got access to, the worst-case scenario is that cyber criminals could create malicious firmware — and signed certificates to vouch for its authenticity. As one Slashdot commenter put it , “Everyone should assume that firmware on WD drives cannot be trusted at this point.”