Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2025

At the beginning of the year, and as a positive start for us, and in order to solidify the name of our group in your memory, we are proud to announce our first official operation: Will be published of sensitive data from over 15,000 targets worldwide (both governmental and private sectors) that have been hacked and their data extracted.”

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Krebs on Security

JULY 2, 2021

Researchers Radek Domanski and Pedro Ribeiro originally planned to present their findings at the Pwn2Own hacking competition in Tokyo last year. That update effectively nullified their chances at competing in Pwn2Own, which requires exploits to work against the latest firmware or software supported by the targeted device.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

While the AgeLocker ransomware continues to target QNAP NAS systems, the Taiwanese vendor urges customers to update the firmware and apps. Taiwanese vendor QNAP is urging its customers to update the firmware and apps installed on their network-attached storage (NAS) devices to prevent AgeLocker ransomware infections.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2021

My Cloud OS firmware is reaching the end of support, Western Digital customers have to update their WD My Cloud devices to the latest version. Devices on these older firmware versions will not receive security fixes or technical support.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, Western Digital). Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

Yet another Multipurpose Breakout Board to hack hardware in a clean and easy way! How to hack IoT & RF Devices with BürtleinaBoard. Despite FocacciaBoard is extremely useful during my night-to-night hardware hacking needs… there is another set of tools I cannot live without: pin enumeration ones. his majesty, the Firmware).

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 29, 2025

Thousands of ASUS routers have been hacked in an ongoing cyberattack that experts warn may be laying the foundation for a large-scale botnet. Discovered in March but disclosed publicly on Wednesday, the campaign has already compromised over 9,000 internet-exposed ASUS routers, and the number continues to grow.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Sophos backports the patch for CVE-2022-3236 for end-of-life (EOL) firewall firmware versions due to ongoing attacks exploiting the issue. No action is required if organizations have upgraded their firewalls to a supported firmware version after September 2022. All the vulnerable devices are running end-of-life (EOL) firmware.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2024

Researchers from Bishop Fox used BinaryEdge source data to find SonicWall firewalls with management interfaces exposed to the internet. The experts found that 76% (178,637 of 233,984) of the Internet-facing firewalls are vulnerable to one or both issues. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2025

The Planet WGS-804HPT industrial switch is used in building and home automation networks to provide connectivity of Internet of things (IoT) devices, IP surveillance cameras, and wireless LAN network applications. Planet Technology has released firmware version 1.305b241111 to address these issues. ” concludes the report. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The vulnerability is an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Hikvision IP camera/NVR firmware, it was discovered by a security researcher that goes online with the moniker “Watchful IP.”. The expert pointed out that every firmware developed since 2016 has been tested and found to be vulnerable.

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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

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Experts found a critical flaw in Real-Time Automation’s (RTA) 499ES EtherNet/IP stack that could allow hacking industrial control systems. ” 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.

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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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2025

The researchers found that the botnet comprises MikroTik routers with various firmware versions, including recent ones. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking, MikroTik botnet)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2022

The vulnerability is an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Hikvision IP camera/NVR firmware, it was discovered by a security researcher that goes online with the moniker “Watchful IP.”. The expert confirmed that every firmware developed since 2016 has been tested and found to be vulnerable. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2024

“Using a Mirai malware variant that incorporates ChaCha20 and XOR decryption algorithms, it has been seen compromising vulnerable Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the wild, such as the DigiEver DVR, and TP-Link devices through CVE-2023-1389.” .” reads the analysis published by Akamai. in newer ones.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2021

From smart homes that enable you to control your thermostat from a distance to sensors on oil rigs that help predict maintenance to autonomous vehicles to GPS sensors implanted in the horns of endangered black rhinos , the internet of things is all around you. A Safer Internet of Things. The post The Internet of Things Is Everywhere.

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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. In most recent attacks observed by Check Point, the threat actors employed custom firmware implant designed explicitly for TP-Link routers. ” reads the report published by Check point.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2022

Taiwanese vendor QNAP warns users to update their NAS Firmware to fix Apache HTTP flaws addressed in the Apache HTTP server last month. Taiwanese vendor QNAP warns users to update their NAS Firmware to address Apache HTTP vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-22721 and CVE-2022-23943 , addressed in the Apache HTTP server in March.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2022

A researcher discovered critical flaws that can be exploited by remote attackers to hack a building controller popular in Russia. A researcher has identified critical vulnerabilities that can allegedly be exploited to remotely hack a building controller predominantly used by organizations in Russia. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Successfully dumped the smartlock’s firmware. And after having successfully dumped the firmware we can proceed at extracting some valuable evidences for the forensics case. But it saves my time while hacking (I)IoT targets. SecurityAffairs – hacking IoT, Focaccia board). Focaccia-Board is nothing extraordinary.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Researchers at firmware security firm Eclypsium discovered multiple vulnerabilities referred as USBAnywhere that could be exploited to potentially allow an attacker to take over the baseboard management controller (BMC) for three different models of Supermicro server boards: the X9, X10, and X11. ” concludes Eclypsium.

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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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The bridge discovers the hacker-controlled bulb with updated firmware, and the user adds it back onto their network. The company released firmware p atches for the device in January. SecurityAffairs – Smart Light Bulbs, hacking). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Censys found 30,000 internet-facing QNAP appliances potentially impacted by a recently disclosed critical code injection flaw. On January 30, Taiwanese vendor QNAP released QTS and QuTS firmware updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-27596 (CVSS v3 score: 9.8), that affects QNAP NAS devices. Censys concludes.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Within the last couple of months, smart device vulnerabilities have been piling up, prompting businesses to protect their Internet of Things (IoT) environments. While Teslas aren’t the typical business IoT device, their connection to the internet makes them a cyber threat as much as your business’s other IoT technology.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2020

Hackers target QNAP NAS devices running multiple firmware versions vulnerable to a remote code execution (RCE) flaw addressed by the vendor 3 years ago. QNAP addressed the vulnerability with the release of firmware version 4.3.3 SecurityAffairs – hacking, QNAP NAS). ” reads the report published by 360 Netlab.

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2021

Network equipment vendor D-Link has released a firmware hotfix to fix multiple vulnerabilities in the DIR-3040 AC3000-based wireless internet router. Network equipment vendor D-Link has released a firmware hotfix to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting the DIR-3040 AC3000-based wireless internet router.

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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

JUNE 23, 2020

The Shadowserver Foundation is a nonprofit security organization working altruistically behind the scenes to make the Internet more secure for everyone. The researchers scanned the Internet for printers that are exposing their Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) port online. SecurityAffairs – hacking, printers).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Experts at SEC Consult discovered several security issues in various Zyxel devices that allow to hack them via unauthenticated DNS requests. This FTP server can be accessed with hardcoded credentials that are embedded in the firmware of the AP. SecurityAffairs – Zyxel, hacking). ” reads the advisory. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The company warns that the risk is higher if the management interface is accessible from the internet or an untrusted network, directly or via a dataplane interface with a management profile. The same firmware upgrade contains mitigations for additional, less-critical vulnerabilities. We have identified a high (CVE Score 8.2)

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2021

Zyxel addressed a critical flaw in its firmware, tracked as CVE-2020-29583 , related to the presence of a hardcoded undocumented secret account. The Taiwanese vendor Zyxel has addressed a critical vulnerability in its firmware related to the presence of a hardcoded undocumented secret account. “Firmware version 4.60

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2021

Researchers from Nozomi Networks discovered a critical vulnerability that can be exploited to hack a video surveillance product made by Annke. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-32941 can be exploited by an attacker to hack a video surveillance product made by Annke, a provider of home and business security solutions.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2023

Industrial and IoT cybersecurity firm Claroty disclosed technical details of five vulnerabilities that be exploited to hack some Netgear router models. “Team82 disclosed five vulnerabilities in NETGEAR’s Nighthawk RAX30 routers as part of its research and participation in last December’s Pwn2Own Toronto hacking competition.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Millions of Xiongmai video surveillance devices can be easily hacked via cloud feature, a gift for APT groups and cyber crime syndicates. Xiongmai hereinafter) that are open to hack. ” Experts also discovered that it is possible to execute arbitrary code on the device through a firmware update. Pierluigi Paganini.

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