Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Sophos, with the help of other cybersecurity firms, government, and law enforcement agencies investigated the cyber attacks and attributed them multiple China-linked APT groups, such as Volt Typhoon , APT31 and APT41 / Winnti. The Chinese hackers have also ramped up the use of zero-day vulnerabilities in targeted devices.

Firewall

SecureList

OCTOBER 23, 2024

We closely monitor their activities and quite often see them using their signature malware in their attacks — a full-feature backdoor called Manuscrypt. By the time we analyzed the attack, the attackers had already removed the exploit from the decoy website, preventing us from easily obtaining the next stage of the attack.

Engineering

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

It requires technical innovation to mesh with supporting security standards and emerging government regulations much quicker and smoother than has ever happened in the Internet era. It also validates the integrity of the firmware and checks for any unauthorized modifications. This, indeed, is what’s happening.

IoT

Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2025

Researchers name several countries as potential Paragon spyware customers TechCrunch The Citizen Lab, a group of academics and security researchers, recently published a report indicating the governments of Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore are "likely" customers of Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions.

Surveillance

Webroot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

infrastructure sectors, including healthcare, government services, financial services, and critical manufacturing. Be Cautious with Smart Devices: Secure your IoT devices by changing default passwords and keeping firmware updated. By August 2024, RansomHub had breached at least 210 victims across various critical U.S.

Malware

Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2025

The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring 404media A contractor for ICE (and other US government agencies) has built a tool that facilitates pulling a target's publicly available data from various sources - which include social media networks, apps, and services.

Surveillance

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 9, 2025

government than anything else," said Staynings. Also of concern is the firmware and ROM found on many components that go into the manufacture of systems, nearly of all which are manufactured today in mainland China. government (and many other national governments) have determined ransomware to be a form of terrorism.

Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 15, 2025

Government and European Union have passed or drafted regulations that will require companies to secure the software they sell or use. Collaboration with vendors is essential to obtain detailed SBOMs for third-party software and firmware, ensuring timely updates and patches." Over the past few years, the U.S.

Software

Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2025

customers International Press – Newsletter Cybercrime Cybercriminals Attack Seychelles – Offshore Banking as a Target Allianz Life says ‘majority’ of customers’ personal data stolen in cyberattack United States files a civil complaint in the Northern District of Texas seeking the forfeiture of over $1.7

Data breaches

Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2025

government is aligning two foundational privacy and cybersecurity frameworks. 4 - Canadas cyber agency warns about spike in router hacking Nation-state attackers associated with Chinas government, including the cyber espionage group Salt Typhoon , are ramping up attacks on network edge routers of critical infrastructure organizations.

Risk

Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

How it works When you set up a Wyze camera , your user ID will be digitally stamped onto the camera's firmware. It will be rolled out through an update, so if your Wyze app and camera firmware stay up to date, you'll receive the feature. The camera then digitally stamps that same ID onto every photo, video, and livestream.

Password Management

Security Boulevard

MARCH 3, 2025

Vulnerabilities and Malware Primarily includes severe and exploited vulnerabilities in devices or software used by end users (ex: a major router firmware flaw). For this reason, users are encouraged to stay on top of security updates for their software/firmware. Allegedly, DOGE left endpoints of various government agencies exposed.

Surveillance

Hacker's King

JULY 29, 2025

The most recent model with the latest firmware updates, if applicable. Government or Institutional Procurement Channels These are often used by organizations to make bulk purchases. They buy through a government procurement system, other verified vendor portals or supplier portals.

Computers and Electronics

Schneier on Security

JANUARY 28, 2019

The Japanese government's decision to log into users' IoT devices has sparked outrage in Japan. However, the government's plan has its technical merits. Further, other devices also come with secret backdoor accounts that in some cases can't be removed without a firmware update. I am interested in the results of this survey.

IoT

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 10, 2019

Locking down firmware. Starks Federal Communications Commission member Geoffrey Starks recently alluded to the possibility that China may have secretly coded the firmware in Huawei’s equipment to support cyber espionage and cyber infrastructure attacks. telecoms by Chinese tech giant Huawei.

Firmware

Schneier on Security

JULY 1, 2019

government due to a firmware flaw. The company issued a security advisory today that warned of an issue in YubiKey FIPS Series devices with firmware versions 4.4.2 Wow, is this an embarrassing bug : Yubico is recalling a line of security keys used by the U.S. that reduced the randomness of the cryptographic keys it generates.

Firmware

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

US and Japanese authorities warn that a China-linked APT BlackTech planted backdoor in Cisco router firmware to hack the businesses in both countries. The group targeted organizations in multiple sectors, including defense, government, electronics, telecommunication, technology, media, telecommunication industries.

Firmware

SecureList

JANUARY 20, 2022

At the end of 2021, we were made aware of a UEFI firmware-level compromise through logs from our Firmware Scanner , which has been integrated into Kaspersky products since the beginning of 2019. This one is made up of implants found in the UEFI firmware within the SPI flash, a non-volatile storage external to the hard drive.

Firmware

Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Data Collected: 22 Vendors 1,294 Products 4,956 Firmware versions 3,333,411 Binaries analyzed Date range of data: 2003-03-24 to 2019-01-24 (varies by vendor, most up to 2018 releases). [.]. It represents a wide range of either found in the home, enterprise or government deployments. They look at the actual firmware.

IoT

CSO Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2022

Researchers uncovered a stealthy UEFI rootkit that's being used in highly targeted campaigns by a notorious Chinese cyberespionage group with suspected government ties. The group is known for using software supply-chain attacks in the past. They are typically found in the arsenal of well-resourced and sophisticated attacker groups.

Firmware

Tech Republic Security

MAY 22, 2023

The post Chinese state-sponsored attack uses custom router implant to target European governments appeared first on TechRepublic. Learn technical details about this cyberattack, as well as Check Point Research's tips on how to detect and protect against this security threat.

Government

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2020

DarkHotel nation-state actor is exploiting a VPN zero -day to breach Chinese government agencies in Beijing and Shanghai. Chinese security-firm Qihoo 360 has uncovered a hacking campaign conducted by a DarkHotel APT group (APT-C-06) aimed at Chinese government agencies in Beijing and Shanghai. are vulnerable. Pierluigi Paganini.

VPN

Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2023

China-linked APT group Mustang Panda employed a custom firmware implant targeting TP-Link routers in targeted attacks since January 2023. MustangPanda has been active since at least 2012, it targeted American and European entities such as government organizations, think tanks, NGOs , and even Catholic organizations at the Vatican.

Firmware

Security Boulevard

APRIL 27, 2021

The post Cigent Technology Extends Firmware to Secure SSDs appeared first on Security Boulevard. Cigent Data Defense is based on an existing D³E for Windows platform that can employed in a standalone fashion or in combination with K2 Secure SSDs provided by Cigent.

Firmware

Security Boulevard

APRIL 2, 2021

As organizations look to address those challenges, it’s critical to start with what is arguably the most integral piece of the supply chain: the firmware layer. Firmware is, essentially, the foundational code within a device.

Firmware

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

CISA published an advisory on China-linked groups targeting government agencies by exploiting flaws in Microsoft Exchange, Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems. Chinese state-sponsored hackers have probed US government networks looking for vulnerable networking devices that could be compromised with exploits for recently disclosed vulnerabilities.

Government

Schneier on Security

JUNE 11, 2018

Because of the malware's sophistication, VPNFilter is believed to be the work of a government. The FBI suggested the Russian government was involved for two circumstantial reasons. If you want to make sure your router cannot be reinfected, you need to update the firmware with any security patches from the manufacturer.

Malware

Hot for Security

MARCH 17, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a flash alert warning of an increase in PYSA ransomware attacks targeting government entities, educational institutions, private companies and the healthcare sector in the US and the UK. Install updates/patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as they are released.

Education

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The infamous TrickBot gets a new improvement, authors added a new feature dubbed “ TrickBoot ” designed to exploit well-known vulnerabilities in the UEFI/BIOS firmware and inject malicious code, such as bootkits. TrickBot, one of the most active botnets, in the world, gets a new improvement by adding a UEFI/BIOS Bootkit Feature.

Firmware

Security Boulevard

MAY 26, 2021

The SolarWinds and related supply chain attacks put our government through the crucible of painful incident response and restoration efforts. The post May Firmware Threat Report appeared first on Security Boulevard. Sometimes it takes a thunderstorm before seeing positive outcomes and real change: Cyber May Flowers, if you will.

Threat Reports

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.

Risk

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. After all, government mandates combined with industry standards are the twin towers of public safety. Related: The need for supply chain security This is to be expected.

IoT

Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2021

Threat actors are exploiting two flaws in the popular file-sharing server FileZen to steal sensitive data from businesses and government organizations. Soliton addressed both flaws in FileZen solutions with the release of firmware versions V4.2.8 and V5.0.3.

System Administration

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The effects of the attack were limited because of the network segmentation implemented in the government infrastructure. ” The government experts discovered a previously unpublished remote access trojan (RAT), tracked as COATHANGER, specifically designed to target Fortigate appliances. ” continues the report.

Malware

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

But the NCSC warns that it is likely that Sandworm is capable of compiling the same or very similar malware for other architectures and firmware. In light of world news, it’s important to note that the Sandworm group has been known to target Ukrainian companies and government agencies.

Malware

Hacker Combat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The affected product, according to the government, has been used in numerous nations and businesses, including the crucial manufacturing sector. The vendor has released firmware version 1.42.06162022 to address the problem.

Firmware

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

And while cosmetic security measures are in place, security leaders have long warned that technologies produced by Chinese companies can be exploited by China’s government. Most analyzed brands (96.44% of the discovered cameras) force users to set passwords or generate unique default passwords on the newest models and firmware versions.

Surveillance