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PTZOptics cameras zero-days actively exploited in the wild

Security Affairs

The company discovered the zero-day vulnerabilities in IoT live-streaming cameras, used in industrial operations, healthcare, and other sensitive environments. Affected devices use VHD PTZ camera firmware < 6.3.40 “Organizations using VHD PTZ camera firmware < 6.3.40 ” concludes the report.

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BadBox rapidly grows, 190,000 Android devices infected

Security Affairs

In October 2023, cybersecurity researchers at Human Security discovered a global network of consumer products, dubbed BADBOX, with firmware backdoors installed and sold through a compromised hardware supply chain. Products containing the malicious backdoor have been found on public school networks throughout the United States. .

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U.S. CISA adds PTZOptics camera bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Security Affairs

The company discovered the zero-day vulnerabilities in IoT live-streaming cameras, used in industrial operations, healthcare, and other sensitive environments. Affected devices use VHD PTZ camera firmware < 6.3.40 Organizations using VHD PTZ camera firmware < 6.3.40 Organizations using VHD PTZ camera firmware < 6.3.40

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Nastiest Malware 2024

Webroot

Be Cautious with Smart Devices: Secure your IoT devices by changing default passwords and keeping firmware updated. Download the infographic HERE The post Nastiest Malware 2024 appeared first on Webroot Blog. Keep Software Updated: Enable automatic updates for your operating system, applications, and security software.

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Weekly Update 219: IoT Unravelled with Scott Helme

Troy Hunt

Blog post every day, massive uptick in comments, DMs, newsletter subscribers, followers and especially, blog traffic. More than 200,000 unique visitors dropped by this week, mostly to read about IoT things. This has been a fascinating experience for me and I've enjoyed sharing the journey, complete with all my mistakes ??

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IoT Unravelled Part 3: Security

Troy Hunt

In part 1 of this series, I posited that the IoT landscape is an absolute mess but Home Assistant (HA) does an admirable job of tying it all together. 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. Now for the big challenge - security. Let's dive into it.

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IoT Unravelled Part 4: Making it All Work for Humans

Troy Hunt

The first few parts of this series have all been somewhat technical in nature; part 1 was how much of a mess the IoT ecosystem is and how Home Assistant aims to unify it all, part 2 got into the networking layer with both Wi-Fi and Zigbee and in part 3 , I delved into security. Now let's tackle something really tricky - humans.

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