Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Researchers from Necrum Security Labs discovered a couple of critical vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE–2022–36158 and CVE–2022–36159, impacting the Contec Flexlan FXA3000 and FXA2000 series LAN devices. The FXA3000 and FXA2000 Series are access points that are manufactured by Japan-based firm Contec that conform to IEEE 802.11n/a/b/g wireless.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

Chaput said the spammers used more than 1,500 Internet addresses across 400 providers to register new accounts, which then followed popular accounts on Mastodon and sent private mentions to the followers of those accounts. that were created from different Internet addresses in Vienna, Austria.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

.” Internet of Things. Agriculture may not be the first industry you associate with cybersecurity problems, but we all need to aware of the risks created by connecting this ancient part of our food supply chain to the Internet. The state of IoT is poor enough as it is, security wise. hard drive, storage device, the cloud).

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2020

Two security researchers have discovered undocumented Telnet admin account accounts in 29 Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) devices from Chinese vendor C-Data. Some of the devices support multiple 10-gigabit uplinks and provide Internet connectivity to up to 1024 ONTs (clients). ” reads the analysis published by the experts.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2023

Check with the device manufacturers for available patches and update the device firmware to version to 3.5.19.0 are disconnected from the internet and segmented, regardless of whether they run CODESYS. Below are the recommendations provided by Microsoft: Apply patches to affected devices in your network.

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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

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The researchers analyzed the firmware and set up a 2G base station in order to intercept and analyze the devices’ communications. Itel it2160 – The device was spotted transferring some info to the domain asv.transsion.com (Country, Model, Firmware version, Language. And the manufacturer if you find any incomprehensible activity.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2021

Researchers at industrial and IoT cybersecurity firm Nozomi Networks have discovered a critical flaw affecting a video surveillance product made by Annke, a popular manufacturer of surveillance systems and solutions. ” reads the security advisory published by Nozomi Networks Labs. The mainboard of the Annke N48PBB.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

The devices halted displaying the following error message: “System enters error-mode due to FIPS error: Firmware Integrity self-test failed” The failure of the integrity test blocks the reboot of the device to protect the integrity of the network. ” reads the report published by Mandiant. ” concludes Mandiant.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2021

NAS servers are a privileged target for hackers because they normally store large amounts of data.The ransomware was targeting poorly protected or vulnerable NAS servers manufactured by QNAP, threat actors exploited known vulnerabilities or carried out brute-force attacks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Small farms, large producers, processors and manufacturers, and markets and restaurants are particularly exposed to ransomware attacks. Implement a recovery plan to maintain and retain multiple copies of sensitive or proprietary data and servers in a physically separate, segmented, secure location (i.e., ransomware and phishing scams).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The number of sensors and smart devices connected to the internet is exponentially rising, which are the 5 Major Vulnerabilities for IoT devices. A hacker managed to identify a weak spot in a security camera model. Unfortunately, at that moment, there were over 300,000 of those cameras connected to the internet.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2021

Microsoft researchers reported that the Mozi botnet was improved by implementing news capabilities to target network gateways manufactured by Netgear, Huawei, and ZTE. ” state researchers at Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence Center and Section 52 at Azure Defender for IoT. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued a joint advisory about a massive ongoing campaign spreading the QSnatch data-stealing malware. The QSnatch malware implements multiple functionalities, such as: .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

“Have as few internet facing devices as possible,” NERC urged in its report.” ” The flaw allowed the attackers to trigger a DoS condition in the internet-facing firewalls that were all perimeter devices used to implement the outer security layer. The case offered a stark demonstration of the risks U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

600,000 GPS trackers left exposed online with a default password of ‘123456’ Avast researchers found at least 600,000 GPS trackers manufactured by a Chinese vendor that were exposed online with a default password of “123456.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

” The IoT radio devices are manufactured by Imperial & Dabman (Series I and D) and are distributed in Germany by Telestar, but experts pointed out that it is possible to buy them via Ebay and Amazon by resellers. .” Nevertheless, the protocol on network level and in end devices is still a bigger topic than originally thought.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

We envision substantial amendments to the BLE stack certification to avoid SweynTooth style security flaws. We also urge SoC vendors and IoT product manufacturers to be aware of such security issues and to initiate focused effort in security testing.” ” continues the experts. SDK (CVE-2019-17519).

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 12, 2023

For example, a vulnerability in a wi-fi router firewall configuration may expose Windows 95 machines required to run manufacturing equipment. The risk of the exposed router also includes the risk of the exposed Windows 95 machines and subsequent operational risk of compromised manufacturing equipment. Appendix I.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

US agencies warn that groups employed DarkSide ransomware in attacks aimed at organizations across various Critical Infrastructure sectors, including manufacturing, legal, insurance, healthcare, and energy. Update software , including operating systems, applications, and firmware on IT network assets, in a timely manner.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2019

CISA published a security advisory to warn of multiple critical vulnerabilities affecting in Prima FlexAir access control system. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an advisory to warn of critical flaws affecting access control systems manufactured by Prima Systems.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2021

Our research shows that large and small manufacturers are identifiable, with Aastra-Mitel topping the list. As with many inventions of the 20th century, the internet has drastically changed using the phone. However, as with everything connected to the internet, beware of vulnerabilities. Most devices.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Maryland was one of the very first states to recognize the importance of information security, not only as a critical issue for the nation, but also as a strategic industry for the state,” said Governor Larry Hogan. Also disrupting new technology categories are BlueRidge AI and Refirm Labs.

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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. 7}' 1432d89.

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Notice Bored

JANUARY 9, 2021

So, egged-on by information security pro's and IT auditors (me, for instance), management took the risk seriously and invested significant resources into solving "the Y2k issue". The sheer scale of the Internet problem is the real issue. and that's another thing: how come "the Internet issue|problem|risk|crisis."

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 22, 2024

ChargePoint, with its last firmware update, has disabled the HTTP server and updated the NTP client to address the issues. Thanks to the analysis and help of Sternum IoT, ChargePoint was able to correct weaknesses in CPH50, reduce the attack surface and thus improve the security of the product.

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Introduction This guide deals with threat modelling and early stages of development so that security issues and controls are identified before committing to manufacturing. Current attack methods, and the pitfalls we find in embedded designs, have been highlighted so that a finished product is as secure as it can be.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2019

The Russian Government obliges national ISPs to purchase and install the probes used by SORM system that allows the Federal Security Service (FSB) to monitor Internet traffic including online communications. Some of the SORM devices found by the researcher were manufactured by the Russian MFI Soft. ” continues Meduza. .

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

From the 1960’s to 2000 infusion pumps were mostly electromechanical devices with some embedded electronics, but the turn of the century delivered “smarter” devices with better safety mechanisms and the possibility to program them, which slowly opened the door to information security challenges.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2019

From the Spectrogram we can clearly see that the modulation is ASK , despite some harmonics on the side (caused by the low-cost transmitter used by the manufacturer most-likely). Which means, we can easily fuzz and thus exhaust the space between them with the main WHID Elite Firmware. OOK , in my assumption).

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn. In a moment I’ll introduce you to someone who is trying to do that--bring ICS equipment to security conferences. Physical war.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

I kind of felt like it was giving back a bit to the community that I had kind of taken a lot from like when I was growing up by being IRC channels, and I had found the internet, all this information that was available. It was all this discovery on the internet that brought me to it. Turns out they weren't. Then you go up.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

What if the right to repair something that you own was denied simply because a manufacturer decided it could do that? As Stuart Brand said back in 1984 “information wants to be free.” ” So should analyzing a device’s firmware for security flaws be considered illegal?

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

What if the right to repair something that you own was denied simply because a manufacturer decided it could do that? As Stuart Brand said back in 1984 “information wants to be free.” ” So should analyzing a device’s firmware for security flaws be considered illegal?

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