SecureList

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Controllers are configured and programmed using engineering software – EcoStruxure™ Control Expert (Unity Pro), EcoStruxure™ Process Expert, etc. an engineering workstation) can reserve a device at any specific time for configuration or status monitoring. CVE-2020-28212: authentication bypass without Application Password.

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Firmware Passwords Authentication Engineering 88

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

MAY 7, 2021

HideezKey- This is a deep-dive into a nice concept for a security token & password manager that turned into a horrible product due to lack of proper R&D and Threat Modeling. This will help me later in the case I will be able to obtain a firmware that eventually is encrypted (i.e. known-plaintext attack). And indeed it was!

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

Since then Hash started a reverse engineering wiki site called Recessim and created dozens of YouTube videos in a channel of that same name to chronicle his adventures. And in this episode, I'm going to be discussing the world of reverse engineering hardware. Vamosi: Welcome to the hacker mind and original podcast from for all secure.

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Engineering Energy and Utilities Computers and Electronics Firmware 52

Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2023

Malware can carry out a Downfall attack to steal sensitive information like passwords, encryption keys, and private data such as banking details, personal emails, and messages. ” Intel informed customers that is releasing firmware updates to address the vulnerability. ” reads the advisory published by the chip maker.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Boffins discovered bugs in WiFi chips that can be exploited to extract passwords and manipulate traffic by targeting a device’s Bluetooth component. Threat actors can execute code by exploiting an unpatched or new security issue over-the-air, or abusing the local OS firmware update mechanism. ” concludes the paper.

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Wireless Firmware Mobile Passwords 101

Krebs on Security

MARCH 30, 2021

When security engineers removed the backdoor account in the first week of January, the intruders responded by sending a message saying they wanted 50 bitcoin (~$2.8 The company would spend the next few days furiously rotating credentials for all employees, before Ubiquiti started alerting customers about the need to reset their passwords.

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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. I can't blame this on the teddy bears themselves, rather the fact that the MongoDB holding all the collected data was left publicly facing without a password. IoT firmware should be self-healing.

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IoT Firmware Risk Manufacturing 357

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. To find out how many printers were on the menu for our experiment, we searched for IP addresses with open ports on specialized IoT search engines, such as Shodan and Censys.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The flaws were discovered by researchers Carlo Meijer and Bernard van Gastel at Radboud University in the Netherlands, the duo discovered that it is possible to bypass password-based authentication to access to encrypted data stored on the drives. Anyway, an attacker can reprogram the firmware to ignore the password and use the DEK.

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Encryption Firmware Passwords Advertising 91

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

“The authentication function contains undocumented code which provides the ability to authenticate as root without having to know the actual root password. An adversary with the private key can remotely reboot the device without having to know the root password. ” reads the advisory published by the expert.

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Firmware Wireless Authentication Advertising 84

Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

X Master Password Dumper (CVE-2023-32784) Malware RapperBot DDoS Botnet Expands into Cryptojacking Newly identified RA Group compromises companies in U.S. X Master Password Dumper (CVE-2023-32784) Malware RapperBot DDoS Botnet Expands into Cryptojacking Newly identified RA Group compromises companies in U.S.

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Kali Linux

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

To enable wireless support, we need to find: The kernel Wi-Fi modules that need to be in the initramfs (Depends on hardware) The Wi-Fi firmware files that need to be in the initramfs (Depends on hardware) The Wireless interface name (Kali defaults to: wlan0 ) Additional packages to increase functionally. bin firmware: brcm/brcmfmac*-sdio.*.txt

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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. ” Frustratingly, Lumen was not able to determine how the SOHO devices were being infected with AVrecon.

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Malware VPN Internet Internet 211

Google Security

AUGUST 9, 2021

Phishing occurs when an attacker tries to trick you into giving them your username and password, and it remains one of the easiest and most successful ways of breaching accounts online. All Titan Security Keys are built with a hardware secure element chip that includes firmware engineered by Google to verify the key’s integrity.

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This led him to reverse engineering the firmware to identify how the CipherValue (AKA the password) was derived. Take the remaining bytes of the decoded value, this is the encrypted password for the Address Book entry in blocks of 16 bytes AES CBC.

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Encryption Passwords Firmware Engineering 114

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 24, 2022

If malware were installed on the device, it could control the LEDs by blinking and changing colors with firmware commands. The infection of a device can be achieved via supply chain attacks, social engineering techniques, or the use of hardware with installed software or firmware. The data can be textual (e.g.,

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Firmware Social Engineering Surveillance Malware 79

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The fix: ASUS released firmware updates to address the vulnerabilities. Sending phishing emails to engineers can be used as an exploitation technique to get them to import malicious configuration files ( CVE-2023-31171 ), which results in arbitrary code execution. 31 and updated Sept. version of Superset.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 10, 2023

The malware has functionality to steal user credentials, provide shell access, and persist through firmware upgrades.” ” The keylogger collects sensitive information, including usernames, passwords and credit card numbers, then uses Microsoft Teams to exfiltrate the data, sending it to an attacker-controlled Teams channel. .

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 7, 2023

There is still the issue of passwords and identity, but that’s an area that is seeing great progress now and will only get better. There are more than 4 million software engineering jobs in the U.S., Since the invention of the steam engine, more and more jobs have been eliminated, and the trends are moving faster and faster.

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Education Firmware Hacking Engineering 103

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. Some patches require users to disable the computer's password, which means organizations can't automate the patch.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

However, we decided not to update the toy immediately in order to explore what could be extracted from the older firmware version. login_user request to get access_token with an incorrect password The next request returns configuration parameters for the specific toy based on its unique identifier, consisting of nine characters.

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Education Manufacturing Firmware Internet 90

Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2019

Firmware updates that address this vulnerability are not currently available. Chaining the two flaws it is possible to take over the Cisco RV320 and RV325 routers, the hackers exploit the bugs to obtain hashed passwords for a privileged account and run arbitrary commands as root. through 1.4.2.20.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Even failing to change a router’s default passwords is a misconfiguration, and a mistake like that allows a hacker to more easily access the router’s controls and change network settings. It’s not a job for inexperienced IT or network personnel, since even an expert engineer can easily make a configuration mistake.

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Network Security Firewall Internet Internet 107

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. The CoP includes the following recommendations for manufacturers: No default passwords.

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IoT Firmware Mobile Manufacturing 52

Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2022

Change all passwords to ICS/SCADA devices and systems on a consistent schedule, especially all default passwords, to device-unique strong passwords to mitigate password brute force attacks and to give defender monitoring systems opportunities to detect common attacks.

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Passwords Architecture Backups Cyber Attacks 110

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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

“ Attackers can easily obtain default passwords and identify internet-connected target systems. Passwords can be found in p roduct documentation and compiled lists available on the Internet.” Passwords can be found in p roduct documentation and compiled lists available on the Internet.” 06 and older.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2020

“One of the screenshots seems to consist of LG Electronics official firmware or software update releases that assist their hardware products to work more efficiently.” At the time of publishing this article, the Maze ransomware operators have released three screenshots as proof of the data breach. ” continues Cyble.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

. “The issue is that smaller, faster, cheaper is not very compatible with secure,” said Keith Gremban, program manager within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, in an interview with SC Media. And how do you vet those firmware updates? chapter of AFCEA.

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Manufacturing IoT Firmware Architecture 114

Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2019

Chaining the two flaws it is possible to take over the Cisco RV320 and RV325 routers, the hackers exploit the bugs to obtain hashed passwords for a privileged account and run arbitrary commands as root. Firmware updates that address this vulnerability are not currently available.

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Small Business Firmware Advertising Engineering 72

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

For example, once it infects your device, a keylogger will start tracking every keystroke you make and sending a log of those keystrokes to the hacker, allowing them to reconstruct any sensitive information you might have entered after infection, such as your PIN, password, or social security number.

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Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 75

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 9, 2023

These systems tie into everything from passwords and web chat systems for car company employees, to file repositories and other parts of business infrastructure which potentially feed back into the vehicles themselves. million vehicles (start engine, disable starter, unlock, read device location, flash and update firmware).

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Manufacturing Data collection Social Engineering Engineering 75

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 20, 2021

This could be due to the fact that fewer than a third (31%) of respondents to Proofpoint’s 2020 State of the Phish admitted to having changed the default password on their Wi-Fi router. Even fewer (19%) told Proofpoint that they had updated their Wi-Fi router’s firmware. Encryption. Encryption Key Management. Data security.

Mobile 71

Mobile Architecture Data breaches Authentication 71

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 18, 2022

The attackers do not engage and instead collect data indirectly, using techniques such as physical observation around buildings, eavesdropping on conversations, finding papers with logins/passwords, Google dorks, open source intelligence (OSINT), advanced Shodan searches, WHOIS data, and packet sniffing.

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Penetration Testing Firmware DNS Antivirus 144

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2018

In late 2016, the world witnessed the sheer disruptive power of Mirai , a powerful botnet strain fueled by Internet of Things (IoT) devices like DVRs and IP cameras that were put online with factory-default passwords and other poor security settings. no password). Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology Co., BLANK TO BANK.

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Computers and Electronics IoT Passwords Internet 203

Security Boulevard

MAY 2, 2022

Combined with social media propaganda, social engineering targeting, and email phishing attacks, these threat vectors could change the course of the battle well before a single shot is fired. Most firmwares devices focus on the functionality of the component with minimal onboard security protection.

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Cyber Attacks IoT Firmware Social Engineering 52