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Android devices shipped with backdoored firmware as part of the BADBOX network

Security Affairs

Researchers warn that more than 70,000 Android smartphones, CTV boxes, and tablets were shipped with backdoored firmware as part of BADBOX network. 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.

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How to hack Wincor Cineo ATMs to bypass black-box attack protections and withdraw cash

Security Affairs

Researchers demonstrated how crooks could hack Diebold Nixdorf’s Wincor Cineo ATMs to bypass black-box attack protections and withdraw cash. The ATM black box attacks are quite popular in the cybercrime underground and several threat actors offer the hardware equipment and malware that could be used to compromise the ATMs.

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Vo1d malware infected 1.3 Million Android-based TV Boxes in 197 countries

Security Affairs

Unfortunately, often manufacturers sell older OS versions as newer ones. Users may also mistakenly believe TV boxes are more secure than smartphones and are less likely to install antivirus software, increasing their risk when downloading third-party apps or unofficial firmware.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 439 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang hacked the hotel chain Motel One FBI warns of dual ransomware attacks Progress Software fixed two critical severity flaws in WS_FTP Server Child abuse site taken down, organized child exploitation crime suspected – exclusive A still unpatched zero-day RCE impacts more than 3.5M

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 489 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

CISA adds SonicWall SonicOS, ImageMagick and Linux Kernel bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Electronic payment gateway Slim CD disclosed a data breach impacting 1.7M

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Group-IB presented latest cybercrime and nation-state hacking trends in Asia

Security Affairs

According to Group-IB’s report findings, Asia is one of the most actively attacked regions in the world, the company presented latest cybercrime trends. The attackers’ research vector is now shifting from software vulnerabilities to those located at the hardware and firmware level. Attacks on Crypto. Pierluigi Paganini.

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KrebsOnSecurity Hit By Huge New IoT Botnet “Meris”

Krebs on Security

It’s not immediately clear which security vulnerabilities led to these estimated 250,000 MikroTik routers getting hacked by Meris. “The largest share belongs to the version of firmware previous to the current stable one.” “But equally, you never know they may peter out.

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