Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2021

“By infecting routers, they can perform man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks—via HTTP hijacking and DNS spoofing—to compromise endpoints and deploy ransomware or cause safety incidents in OT facilities. Organizations using Netgear, Huawei, and ZTE network devices are recommended to keep their firmware up to date and use strong passwords.

IoT 102

IoT DNS Manufacturing Firmware 102

SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

MoonBounce: the dark side of UEFI firmware. Late last year, we became aware of a UEFI firmware-level compromise through logs from our firmware scanner (integrated into Kaspersky products at the start of 2019). Targeted attacks. Since 2018, we have been tracking Roaming Mantis – a threat actor that targets Android devices.

Phishing 110

Phishing Spyware Firmware Malware 110

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

In December we were made aware of a UEFI firmware-level compromise through logs from our firmware scanning technology. Further analysis showed that the attackers modified a single component within the firmware to append a payload to one of its sections and incorporate inline hooks within particular functions.

Malware 135

Malware Firmware Government Phishing 135

SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In June, more than six months after DarkHalo had gone dark, we observed the DNS hijacking of multiple government zones of a CIS member state that allowed the attacker to redirect traffic from government mail servers to computers under their control – probably achieved by obtaining credentials to the control panel of the victims’ registrar.

Malware 143

Malware Government Surveillance Spyware 143

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

In June, more than six months after DarkHalo had gone dark, we observed the DNS hijacking of multiple government zones of a CIS member state that allowed the attacker to redirect traffic from government mail servers to computers under their control – probably achieved by obtaining credentials to the control panel of the victims’ registrar.

Malware 92

Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 92

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The DTLS (Datagram Transport Layer Security) protocol is used to establish secure connections over UDP, through which most DNS queries, as well as audio and video traffic, are sent. After the attacks came to light, the manufacturer promptly released a firmware update for configuring verification of incoming requests.

DDOS 134

DDOS Cryptocurrency Marketing Internet 134