ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It seems everything smart is hackable, with IoT startups sometimes repeating security mistakes first made decades ago. The next day I cut the string, There's a parallel here to IoT light bulbs that change colors. Problem is, MAC addresses are not great for authentication. How then does one start securing it?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It seems everything smart is hackable, with IoT startups sometimes repeating security mistakes first made decades ago. The next day I cut the string, There's a parallel here to IoT light bulbs that change colors. Problem is, MAC addresses are not great for authentication. How then does one start securing it?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2021

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical authentication bypass issue (CVE-2021-20090 ) affecting home routers with Arcadyan firmware. Threat actors actively exploit a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20090 , impacting home routers with Arcadyan firmware to deploy a Mirai bot.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 30, 2022

Why Healthcare IoT Requires Strong Machine Identity Management. The healthcare industry has been leveraging IoT devices for years, steadily increasing its use in facilities and patient care. By 2027, the IoT in Healthcare market is expected to reach $290 billion , up from just $60 billion in 2019. brooke.crothers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2021

Microsoft researchers are warning of major security vulnerabilities affecting OT and IoT devices and high-risks for businesses using them. Researchers from Microsoft’s Section 52 team recently uncovered several critical memory allocation flaws, collectively tracked as BadAlloc , affecting IoT and OT devices. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2023

Industrial and IoT cybersecurity firm Claroty disclosed technical details of five vulnerabilities that be exploited to hack some Netgear router models. “Team82 disclosed five vulnerabilities in NETGEAR’s Nighthawk RAX30 routers as part of its research and participation in last December’s Pwn2Own Toronto hacking competition.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Critical Success Factors to Widespread Deployment of IoT. Digital technology and connected IoT devices have proliferated across industries and into our daily lives. Finally, IoT devices are being used extensively in smart vehicles and home appliances to provide enhanced user experiences. Threat vectors on IoT.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The number of sensors and smart devices connected to the internet is exponentially rising, which are the 5 Major Vulnerabilities for IoT devices. If you take a look at the global market for IoT, you can easily spot the trend. IoT devices are exposed to cybersecurity vulnerabilities. IoT is a complicated concept.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Living in a more connected world leads to more risk of hacking and cyber-attacks. The worldwide number of IoT-connected devices is projected to increase to 43 billion by 2023 , an almost threefold increase from 2018 , demonstrating the pace at which the world is becoming more connected.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2021

billion IoT devices active across the world – a figure that is expected to grow to 75 billion by 2025. This tripling will be a phenomenal feat to achieve in the next four years and relies upon IoT projects that are currently planned or under development to mature quickly. 1 Consider using generic IoT service modules.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 28, 2022

IoT and Machine Identity Management in Financial Services. How is IoT changing the financial sector? IoT has already positively impacted the financial sector and will only continue to in the future. The most notable and well-documented example of investment in the IoT infrastructure has been by retail banks.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The European Union is poised to place more demands on manufacturers to design greater security into their wireless and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. has made some strides on IoT security at the federal level; it remains to be seen if the EU initiative will spur the U.S. IoT market growth. IoT Security Neglected.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Now George Jetson’s reality is nearly our own, and Rosie the Robot is somewhat interchangeable with any number of IoT devices like Siri, Roomba, or Alexa. Today, organizations are also embracing a record number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices to accomplish objectives. Securing your IoT environment.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2019

Experts discovered security flaws in the iLnkP2P peer-to-peer (P2P) system that exposes millions of IoT devices to remote attacks. The iLnkP2P system allows users to remotely connect to their IoT devices using a mobile phone or a PC. Potentially affected IoT devices include cameras and smart doorbells. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2022

They are often unaware of the risks they take on, which can include hacking, fraud, phishing, and more. To protect against these attacks, businesses need to implement a wide range of strong API security measures such as authentication, authorization, encryption, and vulnerability scanning. Related: Using employees as human sensors.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2020

The availability online of a new collection of Telnet credentials for more than 500,000 servers, routers, and IoT devices made the headlines. According to ZDNet that first published the news, the list was leaked on a popular hacking forum by the operator of a DDoS booter service. . SecurityAffairs – Telnet credentials, hacking).

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2020

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers observed both the Mirai and Hoaxcalls botnets using an exploit for a post-authentication Remote Code Execution vulnerability in legacy Symantec Web Gateways 5.0.2.8. Experts note that the exploit is only effective for authenticated sessions and the affected devices are End of Life (EOL) from 2012.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), massive attacks and various botnets hit smart devices, These are 5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019. IoT Attacks in 2018. Do the increased attacks mean the industry is becoming accustomed to IoT cyber attacks? Three IoT Attack Avenues for 2019.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2024

A new variant of TheMoon malware infected thousands of outdated small office and home office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices worldwide. The Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen Technologies uncovered an updated version of “ TheMoon ” bot targeting end-of-life (EoL) small home/small office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Some four years ago hackers entered an unnamed casino’s data network by exploiting IoT devices in a lobby fish tank. Today’s columnist, Ian Ferguson of Lynx Software Technologies, offers advice on how to lock down IoT systems. What’s the risk of connecting an IoT device like a fish tank to a network and not changing default passwords?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 1, 2023

Internet of Things (IoT) Security: The proliferation of IoT devices has opened a new frontier for cybersecurity concerns. With billions of interconnected devices collecting and sharing sensitive data, securing the IoT ecosystem becomes paramount.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2023

The vulnerabilities discovered in the Netcomm routers are a a stack based buffer overflow and an authentication bypass, respectively tracked as CVE-2022-4873 and CVE-2022-4874. CVE-2022-4874 – Authentication bypass in Netcomm router models NF20MESH, NF20, and NL1902 allows an unauthenticated user to access content.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

Password Security: Investigate different password security techniques, such as password hashing algorithms, two-factor authentication (2FA), and biometric authentication. Internet of Things (IoT) Security: Examine the security risks associated with IoT devices, including privacy concerns, data integrity, and device authentication.

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Seismic monitoring equipment is vulnerable to common cybersecurity threats like those faced by IoT devices, a new research paper warns. Non-encrypted data, insecure protocols and poor user authentication mechanisms are among the security issues that leave seismological networks open to breaches, the authors note.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Security Labs discovered a new IOT bot named “GUCCI”. It seems like the IOT botnet is named after an Italian luxury brand of fashion and leather goods. The IOT threat detection engine picked the infection IP has shown below hosting number of bins for different architectures. Compromising C&C. Inference. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

According to SAM Seamless Network , over 200,000 businesses are using Fortigate VPN with default settings, exposing them to the risk of a hack. The researchers set up a compromised IoT device that initiates MITM attack using ARP Poisoning, then Forticlient initiates VPN connection. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Fortigate VPN).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2021

Researchers from Nozomi Networks discovered a critical vulnerability that can be exploited to hack a video surveillance product made by Annke. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-32941 can be exploited by an attacker to hack a video surveillance product made by Annke, a provider of home and business security solutions.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Akamai researcher Larry Cashdollar reported that a cryptocurrency miner that previously hit only Arm-powered IoT devices it now targeting Intel systems. The researchers revealed that one of his honeypots was hit by this IoT malware that targets Intel machines running Linux. “This one seems to target enterprise systems.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2019

Security experts at Pen Test Partners discovered several vulnerabilities in two smart car alarm systems put three million vehicles globally at risk of hack. Simply by tampering with parameters, one can update the email address registered to the account without authentication, send a password reset to the modified address (i.e.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2022

Many IoT and medical devices are affected by seven serious flaws, collectively tracked as Access:7, in widely used Axeda platform. “Access:7 could enable hackers to remotely execute malicious code, access sensitive data or alter configuration on medical and IoT devices running PTC’s Axeda remote code and management agent.”reads

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2021

On August 15, firmware security company IoT Inspector published details about the flaws. “On August 16th, three days ago, multiple vulnerabilities in a software SDK distributed as part of Realtek chipsets were disclosed by IoT Inspector Research Lab [1]. ” reported IoT Inspector. ” reported IoT Inspector.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 10, 2021

Now a hacking group says they accessed thousands of live feeds from Verkada's cameras around the world. No, these cameras are an extremely powerful part of the Internet of Things (IOT). The Verkada camera hack: what happened? What type of data or video was accessed in the Verkada camera hack?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2019

The hot tubs could be remotely controlled by an app, dubbed Balboa Water App, that lack of authentication mechanisms. The unprotected devices can be easily hacked because the AP is open and no PSK is used. An attacker could hack into the hot tubs in the nearby or remotely. SecurityAffairs – IoT, hacking).

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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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Adam Levin

AUGUST 13, 2018

Security researchers at the recent Black Hat and Def Con security conferences in Las Vegas have placed malware on pacemakers as a proof-of-concept hack to highlight the potential for security vulnerabilities in IoT-enabled medical devices. Read more here. The post Medtronic Devices Fatal Flaw?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Hacks QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections Under Siege: Rapid7-Observed Exploitation of Cisco ASA SSL VPNs Why is.US Being Used to Phish So Many of Us?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2022

Researchers from FortiGuard Labs have discovered a new IoT botnet tracked as RapperBot which is active since mid-June 2022. ssh/authorized_keys, anyone with the corresponding private key can authenticate the SSH server without supplying a password. SecurityAffairs – hacking, RapperBot). Once stored public keys stored in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys,

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