Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2020

A new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-0090 , affects all Intel chips that could allow attackers to bypass every hardware-enabled security technology. Security experts from Positive Technologies warn of a new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-0090, that affects all Intel processors that were released in the past 5 years.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Positive Technologies researchers Vladimir Kononovich and Alexey Stennikov have discovered security flaws Wincor Cineo ATMs that could be exploited to bypass Black-Box attack protections and withdraw cash. ” explained Vladimir Kononovich, Senior Specialist of ICS Security at Positive Technologies. score of 6.8.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

“If you’re working today at the cutting edge of technology then geopolitics is interested in you, even if you’re not interested in geopolitics.” ” Commercial businesses in the technology sector of any size, especially small companies and start-ups and researchers, are more exposed to Chinese espionage. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2023

.” The three critical issues fixed by the chipmaker are: Public ID Security Rating CVSS Rating Technology Area Date Reported CVE-2023-24855 Critical Critical (CVSS Score 9.8) WLAN Firmware Internal CVE-2023-24855 : Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in Modem. Modem Internal CVE-2023-28540 Critical Critical (CVSS Score 9.1)

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2023

A set of flaws, collectively called 5Ghoul, in the firmware implementation of 5G mobile network modems from major vendors impacts Android and iOS devices. Such a family of vulnerabilities are present in the firmware implementation of 5G mobile network modems from major chipset vendors i.e., Qualcomm and MediaTek.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2024

Researchers from the firmware security firm Binarly released a free online scanner to detect the CVE-2024-3094 Backdoor Last week, Microsoft engineer Andres Freund discovered a backdoor issue in the latest versions of the “xz” tools and libraries. The vulnerability was tracked as CVE-2024-3094 and received a CVSS score of 10.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Researchers at security and compliance assessment firm Onekey warns of an arbitrary code execution via FunJSQ, which is a third-party module developed by Xiamen Xunwang Network Technology for online game acceleration, that impacts multiple Netgear router models. present in the majority of NETGEAR firmware images in our corpus.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2020

Researchers devised a technique dubbed BadPower to alter the firmware of fast chargers to cause damage to connected systems or cause the device to catch fire. BadPower consists of corrupting the firmware of fast chargers. “Most BadPower problems can be fixed by updating the device firmware.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2023

The procedures allow administrators to provide device information such as server addresses, account information, and firmware updates. The server is used to provide configurations and firmware updates to the devices. In this scenario, an attacker can act as a rogue server and distribute malicious firmware.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

A set of 16 security flaws in commercial Bluetooth stacks, collectively tracked as BrakTooth , can be exploited by threat actors to execute arbitrary code and crash the devices via DoS attacks. Crashes generally trigger a fatal assertion, segmentation faults due to a buffer or heap overflow within the SoC firmware.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

US and UK cybersecurity and law enforcement agencies published a joint security advisory about a new malware, dubbed Cyclops Blink, that has been linked to the Russian-backed Sandworm APT group. The malware leverages the firmware update process to achieve persistence.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Breaking news last week, the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Small Business Cybersecurity Act was signed into law. Up next, Black Hat, one of the world’s largest information security conferences, took place in early August 2018 in Sin City. Straight on the heels of Black Hat was DEF CON 26.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2020

AMD is going to release patches for a flaw affecting the System Management Mode (SMM) of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). The vulnerability was discovered by the security researcher Danny Odler, it resides in the AMD’s Mini PC could allow attackers to manipulate secure firmware and execute arbitrary code.

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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. What is more, the overwhelming majority of internet-facing cameras are manufactured by Chinese companies. Surge in internet-facing cameras.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

.” BrakTooth is a set of 16 security flaws in commercial Bluetooth stacks that can be exploited by threat actors to execute arbitrary code and crash the devices via DoS attacks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2022

Dragos experts investigated an infection of DirectLogic PLCs from Automation Direct, they performed reverse engineering of the password cracking tool and discovered it did not crack the password at all, rather, it exploited a vulnerability in the firmware to retrieve the password on command. ” reads the advisory published by Dragos.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A group of researchers from the University of Darmstadt, University of Brescia, CNIT, and the Secure Mobile Networking Lab, have discovered security vulnerabilities in WiFi chips that can be exploited to extract passwords and manipulate traffic on a WiFi chip by targeting a device’s Bluetooth component. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2023

An attacker can trigger the flaw to gain remote code execution and conduct denial-of-service attacks under specific conditions, exposing operational technology (OT) environments to hacking. could put operational technology (OT) infrastructure at risk of attacks, such as remote code execution (RCE) and denial of service (DoS).”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Apple addresses four vulnerabilities in macOS Google removes 17 Joker -infected apps from the Play Store Microsoft took down 18 Azure AD apps used by Chinese Gadolinium APT Mount Locker ransomware operators demand multi-million dollar ransoms Putin proposes new information security collaboration to US, including no-hack pact for election REvil ransomware (..)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2021

The PC maker released client-side BIOS firmware updates to address the other two flaws. “Technology vendors of all types are increasingly implementing over-the-air update processes to make it as easy as possible for their customers to keep their firmware up to date and recover from system failures. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 1, 2022

More than 100 different Lenovo laptop computers contain firmware-level vulnerabilities which is a great reminder about making sure you update the BIOS on your computer. The post Elon Musk Buys Twitter, Forgotten BIOS Updates, T-Shirt Outwits Facial Recognition appeared first on The Shared Security Show.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

SonicWall has released a security patch to address the zero-day flaw actively exploited in attacks against the SMA 100 series appliances. SonicWall this week released firmware updates (version 10.2.0.5-29sv) 29sv) to address an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

. “EOL models may lack computational capabilities, be short on operational memory, be unable to receive up-to-date component drivers, or possess other technical constraints or deprecated technology,” states the Taiwanese vendor.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2023

that could potentially lead to information disclosure or privilege escalation. The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology is a hardware-based solution that provides secure cryptographic functions to the operating systems on modern computers, making it resistant to tampering.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2023

CyberPower is a prominent supplier of data center hardware and infrastructure solutions, with a specific focus on cutting-edge power protection technologies and effective power management systems. CVE-2023-3266: Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard (Auth Bypass; CVSS 7.5) CVE-2023-3261: Buffer Overflow (DOS; CVSS 7.5)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

“Cyber criminal threat actors exploit network vulnerabilities to exfiltrate data and encrypt systems in a sector that is increasingly reliant on smart technologies, industrial control systems, and internet-based automation systems. Install updates/patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as they are released.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The victims include the construction subsector of the critical manufacturing sector, the academia subsector of the government facilities sector, the information technology sector, and the transportation sector.” Install updates/patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as updates/patches are released.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

In fact, Ericsson Network Manager is an Operations support system (‘OSS’ according to network jargon) , which allows the management of all the devices interconnected to it, ensuring the management of configurations, firmware updates and all automation and maintenance operations of an advanced mobile radio network.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Within these government labs and agencies, taking place is a groundswell of innovation in deep technology cyber disciplines to the tune of billions of dollars annually over the past three decades. In Silicon Valley, the initial technology seeds were planted in World War II, when the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

million NPM packages found containing the TurkoRat infostealer Lemon Group gang pre-infected 9 million Android devices for fraudulent activities Apple fixed three new actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities KeePass 2.X

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2021

The vendor released security updates for all these devices and urges customers to update their installs, it also released mitigations to address the flaws. “GE strongly recommends users with impacted firmware versions update their UR devices to UR firmware Version 8.10, or greater to resolve these vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2022

The ransomware was involved in attacks aimed at technology and healthcare, defense contractors, educational institutions, manufacturers, companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The hardware of the terminals is equipped with Shenzen technology, while the firmware is based on BusyBox Linux Debian. . Automatic updates are available via Wi-Fi and can be installed by setting IoT radio devices back to factory settings and downloading the latest firmware version. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

. “These operations have targeted various industries, including Aerospace & Defense, Education, Energy & Utilities, Governments, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Retail, Technology, and Transportation. Upgrade to the latest firmware version. Change any default usernames and passwords.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In any industry that is developing and adopting new technology at pace you can expect growing pains and security is often the last thing on the developers’ minds. But the sector is only as secure as the technology it relies on, so our food supply requires secure IoT devices and Cloud services for food and agriculture too.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

It is likely that the APT actors are scanning for these vulnerabilities to gain access to multiple government, commercial, and technology services networks” reads the joint advisory published by FBI and CISA. Attackers were exploiting the flaw in the attempt to access multiple government, commercial, and technology services networks.

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Notice Bored

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Most if not all developments involve information (requirements/objectives, specifications, plans, status/progress reports etc.) and potentially substantial information risks. so the policy could cover those aspects, ballooning in scope from what was presumably intended when the standard was drafted. The end is nigh!

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