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QNAP urges users to update NAS firmware and app to prevent infections

Security Affairs

While the AgeLocker ransomware continues to target QNAP NAS systems, the Taiwanese vendor urges customers to update the firmware and apps. Taiwanese vendor QNAP is urging its customers to update the firmware and apps installed on their network-attached storage (NAS) devices to prevent AgeLocker ransomware infections.

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Experts show how to run malware on chips of a turned-off iPhone

Security Affairs

Researchers devised an attack technique to tamper the firmware and execute a malware onto a Bluetooth chip when an iPhone is “off.” Unlike NFC and UWB chips, the Bluetooth firmware is neither signed nor encrypted opening the doors to modification. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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A new wave of DeadBolt Ransomware attacks hit QNAP NAS devices ?

Security Affairs

Since January, DeadBolt ransomware operators are targeting QNAP NAS devices worldwide , its operators claim the availability of a zero-day exploit that allows them to encrypt the content of the infected systems. Once encrypted the content of the device, the ransomware appends. It was looking like this problem was behind us.”

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QNAP warns of a new wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks against its NAS devices

Security Affairs

.” Since January, DeadBolt ransomware operators are targeting QNAP NAS devices worldwide , its operators claim the availability of a zero-day exploit that allows them to encrypt the content of the infected systems. Once encrypted the content of the device, the ransomware appends. To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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US and UK agencies warn of Russia-linked APT28 exploiting Cisco router flaws

Security Affairs

SNMP v2 doesn’t support encryption and so all data, including community strings, is sent unencrypted.” The agencies recommend updating to the latest firmware and switching from SNMP to NETCONF or RESTCONF for network management. APT28 sent additional SNMP commands to enumerate router interfaces. through 12.4 through 15.6

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 420 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Please vote for Security Affairs ( [link] ) as the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS Vote for me in the sections where is reported Securityaffairs or my name Pierluigi Paganini Please nominate Security Affairs as your favorite blog.

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Threat spotlight: Conti, the ransomware used in the HSE healthcare attack

Malwarebytes

In this blog, we’ll home in on Conti, the strain identified by some as the successor, cousin or relative of Ryuk ransomware , due to similarities in code use and distribution tactics. The files are then held for ransom and the victim is threatened by data loss, because of the encryption, and leaking of the exfiltrated data.