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QNAP Devices Targeted in Ransomware Attack

Heimadal Security

is a Taiwanese company that specializes in network-attached storage equipment for applications such as file sharing, virtualization, storage management, and surveillance. The post QNAP Devices Targeted in Ransomware Attack appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. QNAP Systems, Inc. What Happened? When […].

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Second-ever UEFI rootkit used in North Korea-themed attacks

Security Affairs

The experts were investigating several suspicious UEFI firmware images when discovered four components, some of which were borrowing the source code a Hacking Team spyware. In 2015, the hacker who breached the systems of the Italian surveillance firm Hacking Team leaked a 400GB package containing hacking tools and exploits codes.

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3.5m IP cameras exposed, with US in the lead

Security Affairs

Businesses and homeowners increasingly rely on internet protocol (IP) cameras for surveillance. Since this is a convenient and cheap tool to surveil anything from a parking lot, a warehouse, your doorstep, or even monitor your child’s sleep using a baby camera, it’s not surprising to see a surge in IP camera usage.

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HID Mercury Access Controller flaws could allow to unlock Doors

Security Affairs

access control, video surveillance and mobile credentialing) owned by HVAC giant Carrier. Below is the list of flaws discovered by the researchers: CVE Detail Summary Mercury Firmware Version CVSS Score CVE-2022-31479 Unauthenticated command injection <=1.291 Base 9.0, The vulnerabilities were disclosed during the Hardwear.io

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Google TAG shares details about exploit chains used to install commercial spyware

Security Affairs

This was recently highlighted by blog posts from Project Zero and Github Security Lab.” At the time of delivery, the latest Samsung firmware had not included a fix for this vulnerability. CVE-2022-3038 , a sandbox escape in Chrome fixed in August 2022, in version 105 and found by Sergei Glazunov in June 2022.

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

Security Affairs

At the end of January, QNAP forced the firmware update for its Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to protect its customers against the DeadBolt ransomware. QNAP QVR is a video surveillance solution of the Taiwanese vendor which is hosted on its NAS devices and doesn’t require any extra software. To nominate, please visit:?

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JekyllBot:5 flaws allow hacking TUG autonomous mobile robots in hospitals

Security Affairs

An attacker can hijack the robots to crash them into people and objects, use them to harass patients and staff, for surveillance purposes, to interfere with the delivery of critical patient medication, access patient medical records in violation of HIPAA, and more.

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