The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Our new e-book, sponsored by CyberGRX, will help you figure it out! Cognitive Bias is the Threat Actor you may never detect Huge Survey of Firmware Finds No Security Gains in 15 Years. How do you know if your third party cyber risk management program is up to the task? We Talk about Why.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2019

It is also likely you use a Broadcom WiFi chip if you have an iPhone, a Mac book, a Samsumg phone or a Huawei phone, etc.” Anguelkov confirmed that two of those vulnerabilities affect both in the Linux kernel and firmware of affected Broadcom chips. In this case, firmware event frames from a remote source will be processed. •

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Google Security

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

First, there is the freely available Rust Book , which covers almost all of the language. It is used for official documentation such as the Rust Book and Rust Reference. We roughly followed the outline from the Rust Book since it covered most of what we need to cover. Android devices ship significant amounts of firmware.

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

There is little you can do in the event we experience widespread DDoS attacks, but one tip is to buy a good book series or a few board games since it might take a while to get the internet working again. While you may have your book series in hand, do you have candles and matches or a lighter or both? Update Everything.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In this episode of The Hacker Mind , Beau Woods and Paulino Calderon discuss their book, Practical IoT Hacking, and talk about IoT threat models, the technologies being used today, and what tools and knowledge you need to get started successfully hacking IoT devices. It's a comprehensive book, and it's an important topic.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In this episode of The Hacker Mind , Beau Woods and Paulino Calderon discuss their book, Practical IoT Hacking, and talk about IoT threat models, the technologies being used today, and what tools and knowledge you need to get started successfully hacking IoT devices. It's a comprehensive book, and it's an important topic.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

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Notice Bored

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Custom hardware, firmware and autonomous software required for a scientific exploration of the Marianas trench - to be deployed in the only two deep-sea drones in existence that are physically capable of delivering and recovering the payload at the extreme depths required.

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The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

» Related Stories Huge Survey of Firmware Finds No Security Gains in 15 Years Episode 166: But Why, AI? Also, Brendan Macaraeg of Signal Sciences talks about the expanding landscape of web application attacks and defenses. Read the whole entry. » Opinion: Better Code Won’t Save Developers in the Short Run.

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The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

» Related Stories Huge Survey of Firmware Finds No Security Gains in 15 Years Episode 166: But Why, AI? Also, Brendan Macaraeg of Signal Sciences talks about the expanding landscape of web application attacks and defenses. Read the whole entry. » Opinion: Better Code Won’t Save Developers in the Short Run.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Update your child’s device’s firmware. Just like any software that’s installed on their devices, it is equally important to update firmware. Firmware can have vulnerabilities like any regular software, and so updates should be installed as soon as possible. Be wary of certain sites and content online.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 22, 2024

ChargePoint, with its last firmware update, has disabled the HTTP server and updated the NTP client to address the issues. During the firmware analysis, Sternum identified: •an outdated HTTP server, •deprecated NTP client with known vulnerabilities, •deprecated kernel, and •device certificates with unlimited expiration time (See figure 1).

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 9, 2023

There is no concrete method to follow as it will rely on contents of the decomposed design from Step 2, but typical examples might include the following: Intellectual property in the device firmware. Deploy malicious firmware. link] [link] Have a software/firmware update mechanism. Cryptographic keys on the device or pod.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

Vamosi: But as someone who wrote a book questioning the security of our mass produced IoT devices, I wonder why no one bothered to test and certify these devices before they were installed? And then you have the smart meters and so the software on the smart meters that's just 100% on its firmware. What are choices that are being made?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

Kim Zetter’s book, Countdown to Zero Day, is perhaps the definitive book on the subject. The updates are done through firmware, firmware updates that we get from the vendor. Their security researchers know that maybe they have firmware or maybe they found a program or something somewhere.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 14, 2020

Keep your firmware and software updated. Being a member gets you access to the newsletter every week instead of just twice a month, access to the UL Slack Channel, the UL Book Club, the UL Archives, and access to future member-only content. Keep all of your software and hardware religiously updated.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 2, 2022

I've also written the book which I'll get to in a moment. And they've all written books and then from a few moments they'll get a chance to talk about their books. I write a monthly security column for Windows Secrets and I do a couple other things on the side. This is a bytes and bullets. is or what it controls.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Reporters Without Borders, created a Minecraft anti censorship library full of censored books, actual text that can be read from around the world as kind of a lost Library of Alexandria. Vamosi: The devices themselves are becoming less and less expensive, Yay, but would you rather upgrade the firmware on a toothbrush, probably not.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Last year at Hacker Summer Camp I was invited to Mikko Hypponen’s book launch for If it’s Smart, It’s vulnerable. So if anyone can pull off turning CTFs into an eSport, it’s probably Jordan. VAMOSI: I am not a gamer. Everybody's building their own badges. It is really exciting.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2018

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

” So should analyzing a device’s firmware for security flaws be considered illegal? It's, it was became law in 2013, Massachusetts legislature modified it a little bit before they actually put it onto the books. As Stuart Brand said back in 1984 “information wants to be free.”

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

” So should analyzing a device’s firmware for security flaws be considered illegal? It's, it was became law in 2013, Massachusetts legislature modified it a little bit before they actually put it onto the books. As Stuart Brand said back in 1984 “information wants to be free.”

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