Zero Day

JUNE 14, 2025

But every PC that was sold with Windows preinstalled after mid-2016 was required to have a TPM, so that's a simple matter of flipping a switch in the firmware menu.

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Zero Day

JUNE 16, 2025

Update your car's multimedia unit firmware What is firmware? All modern devices require manufacturer firmware updates to keep them running smoothly. Namely, it provides a more stable connection, higher audio fidelity, and reduced potential for interference. Show more 3. Your vehicle's multimedia unit is no exception.

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Zero Day

JULY 15, 2025

Use shutdown /fw  to restart and go to the firmware user interface. But a few of those switches deserve to be on your shortlist. Run shutdown /r to do a full shutdown and restart after a brief grace period.

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Zero Day

JUNE 23, 2025

Check out Chromecast Preview The Chromecast Preview Program is a user-opt-in channel that updates your Google device with the latest firmware version before it's made broadly available. When you want to disconnect, use the Google Home app to stop streaming from your music app.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 10, 2019

Locking down firmware. These are the carriers that provide Internet access to rural areas all across America. Firmware is the coding that’s embedded below the software layer on all computing devices, ranging from printers to hard drives and motherboards to routers and switches. telecoms by Chinese tech giant Huawei.

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Zero Day

JULY 11, 2025

Technical support, firmware and software updates, and troubleshooting assistance for affected products will also stop on that date.   "   Wemo says the Wemo app used to control devices will no longer be supported after Jan.   If your Wemo product is still under warranty on or after Jan.

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Zero Day

JUNE 14, 2025

Fortunately, I already had the Baseus app installed ( Android / iOS ), and the MC1s automatically connected and informed me there was a firmware upgrade. With the firmware updated and the earbuds connected to both phone and app, I went into the EQ section of the app and added my standard custom EQ curve.

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Zero Day

JULY 15, 2025

Jada Jones/ZDNET Betas will be available across the entire Apple ecosystem of devices, including iOS 26, iPadOS 26, MacOS Tahoe 26, TVOS 26, HomePod software 26, WatchOS 26, HomePod Software 26, and AirPods Firmware.   AirPods Firmware iOS 26 brings two features to AirPods with Apple's advanced H2 audio chip.

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Zero Day

JULY 10, 2025

Also: I changed 6 settings on my Roku TV to give it an instant performance boost Need your IP and MAC addresses or want to check your internet connection? You can also search for firmware and software updates, run USB port tests, and more.  That's what this screen is for on your Roku.

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Zero Day

JUNE 28, 2025

Fortunately, I already had the Baseus app installed ( Android / iOS ), and the MC1s automatically connected and informed me there was a firmware upgrade. With the firmware updated and the earbuds connected to both phone and app, I went into the EQ section of the app and added my standard custom EQ curve.

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Zero Day

JUNE 6, 2025

  Also: Apple just gave me 3 big reasons to keep my AirPods for longer - and be excited for iOS 26 The dongle will also allow you to download firmware updates to the earbuds without installing anything on your computer, something plenty of people are prohibited from doing on work-issued devices.

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Zero Day

JUNE 26, 2025

I decided to install the Emeet Studio App (which is available for MacOS and Windows) and was immediately informed there was a firmware update. On top of that, the Pixy also intelligently detects facial contours to automatically adjust exposure in facial areas to ensure accurate and natural skin tones.

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Zero Day

JULY 15, 2025

One factory reset and several firmware updates later, we were able to get the issue fixed. So if you're having issues sharing anything via AirPlay or Chromecast, I suggest checking the settings menu for the latest firmware update. I ended up contacting Amazon for troubleshooting help.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The assault came from “ Meris ,” the same new “Internet of Things” (IoT) botnet behind record-shattering attacks against Russian search giant Yandex this week and internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare earlier this summer. Cloudflare recently wrote about its attack , which clocked in at 17.2 Image: Qrator.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Nonetheless, all but one vendor spread several private keys in almost all firmware images. Engineering teams come together, design and build the router, and then disperse. There’s often no one around to write patches, and most of the time router firmware isn’t even patchable.

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SecureList

JULY 6, 2022

As a rule, this means that the source code of the device’s firmware is unavailable and all the researcher can use is the user manual and a few threads on some user forum discussing the device’s operation. The vulnerability assessment of IoT/IIoT devices is based on analyzing their firmware.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

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. Back to the bit about risks impacting data collected by IoT devices and back again to CloudPets, Context Security's piece aligned with my own story about kids' CloudPets messages being left exposed to the internet.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2019

First of all, I have followed the usual Reverse Engineering approach I use for investigating new RF devices and turned on the winning combination LimeSDR/RTL-SDR + URH. Which means, we can easily fuzz and thus exhaust the space between them with the main WHID Elite Firmware. Which allows us to eliminate the Rolling-Code assumption.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

government agency in charge of improving the nation’s cybersecurity posture is ordering all federal agencies to take new measures to restrict access to Internet-exposed networking equipment. The directive comes amid a surge in attacks targeting previously unknown vulnerabilities in widely used security and networking appliances.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 5, 2018

Unlike our computer and phones, these systems are designed and produced at a lower profit margin with less engineering expertise. The second is that some of the patches require updating the computer's firmware. The first is that these vulnerabilities affect embedded computers in consumer devices. It also requires more coordination.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. SocksEscort[.]com com , is what’s known as a “SOCKS Proxy” service. WHO’S BEHIND SOCKSESCORT?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

To perform the experiment, we used Internet of Things (IoT) search engines to search for open devices that utilized common printer ports and protocols. After filtering out most of the false positives, we were left with more than 800,000 printers that had network printing features enabled and were accessible over the internet.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

New government rules coupled with industry standards meant to give formal shape to the Internet of Things (IoT) are rapidly quickening around the globe. I had an eye-opening conversation about all of this with Steve Hanna , distinguished engineer at Infineon Technologies , a global semiconductor manufacturer based in Neubiberg, Germany.

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Zero Day

JUNE 27, 2025

The Mudita Center desktop app is a free companion for MacOS, Windows, and Linux so you can sync contacts to the phone, update the firmware, and transfer compatible eBooks to the phone to use with the Reader application.    I was looking forward to using this device as an e-reader.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

Flashing Firmware: Flashing BUSSide firmware inside the NodeMCU is quick and easy: # apt-get install esptool # git clone [link] # esptool --port /dev/ttyUSB0 write_flash 0x00000 BUSSide/FirmwareImages/*.bin. his majesty, the Firmware). In a couple of minutes you should get extracted the firmware. What do you do?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2022

Internet search engine Censys reported a new wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks targeting QNAP NAS devices. Internet search engine Censys reported that QNAP devices were targeted in a new wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks. If every victim had paid the ransom, this attack would have netted the hackers about $4,484,700.”

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 30, 2021

NYSE:UI] — a major vendor of cloud-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as routers, network video recorders and security cameras — disclosed that a breach involving a third-party cloud provider had exposed customer account credentials. 11, Ubiquiti Inc. 11 this year, now would be a good time to care of that.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

.” Experts used the search engines for Internet-connected devices, like Shodan.io, to search for ENIP-compatible internet-facing devices and discovered more than 8,000 systems exposed online. This would leave many running in the wild still today.” ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

The flaws were discovered by Google security engineer Gynvael Coldwind, Netgear addressed then early this month. NETGEAR urge its customers using the following products to download the latest firmware: GC108P fixed in firmware version 1.0.8.2 GC108PP fixed in firmware version 1.0.8.2 and Draconian Fear (CVSS score: 7.8).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

. “Multiple critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in the MoFi4500 router, an OpenWRT based wireless router that provides Internet access via LTE. “Several firmware versions have been released, but some of the vulnerabilities have not been fully patched.” ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Researchers found multiple backdoors in popular VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) appliance made by the German manufacturer Auerswald. Researchers from RedTeam Pentesting discovered multiple backdoors in a popular VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) appliance made by the German manufacturer Auerswald. “Firmware Update 8.2B

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2021

Microsoft experts have disclosed a series of vulnerabilities in the firmware of Netgear routers which could lead to data leaks and full system takeover. “In our research, we unpacked the router firmware and found three vulnerabilities that can be reliably exploited.” html) and the firmware image itself (.chk

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2018

A security researcher discovered that the IoT search engine ZoomEye has cached login passwords for tens of thousands of Dahua DVRs. The IoT search engine ZoomEye has cached login passwords for tens of thousands of Dahua DVRs, the discovery was made by security researcher Ankit Anubhav, Principal Researcher at NewSky Security.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2018

What do we do with a company that regularly pumps metric tons of virtual toxic sludge onto the Internet and yet refuses to clean up their act? In fact, the researchers found it was trivial to set up a system that mimics the XMEye cloud and push malicious firmware updates to any device. Source: xiongmaitech.com.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It could be quite easy for threat actors in the wild to find exposed Dahua devices using a search engine like Shodan and attempt to hack them using the available PoC code. In order to protect Dahua devices, users have to install the latest firmware version. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

These devices are installed in airplanes to offer internet connectivity to the passengers, the above vulnerabilities can be exploited by an attacker to compromise the inflight entertainment system and potentially conduct other malicious activities. ” reads the advisory published by Contec.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering. Social engineering invariably is the first step in cyber attacks ranging from phishing and ransomware to business email compromise ( BEC ) scams and advanced persistent threat ( APT ) hacks. Always remember. Never trust.

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