Bleeping Computer

MARCH 8, 2022

HP has disclosed 16 high-impact UEFI firmware vulnerabilities that could allow threat actors to infect devices with malware that gain high privileges and remain undetectable by installed security software. [.].

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Bleeping Computer

JUNE 5, 2023

GIGABYTE has released firmware updates to fix security vulnerabilities in over 270 motherboards that could be exploited to install malware. [.]

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Schneier on Security

MAY 18, 2022

Researchers have demonstrated iPhone malware that works even when the phone is fully shut down. t turns out that the iPhone’s Bluetooth chip­ — which is key to making features like Find My work­ — has no mechanism for digitally signing or even encrypting the firmware it runs.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 3, 2022

You’re not imagining things; new firmware threats are appearing more often. The most recent is CosmicStrand, which exploits the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) to avoid detection. The post ‘CosmicStrand’ Highlights Ongoing Firmware Risks appeared first on Security Boulevard. The researchers were unable to.

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The Hacker News

JANUARY 21, 2022

A previously undocumented firmware implant deployed to maintain stealthy persistence as part of a targeted espionage campaign has been linked to the Chinese-speaking Winnti advanced persistent threat group (APT41).

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SecureList

JULY 25, 2022

Rootkits are malware implants which burrow themselves in the deepest corners of the operating system. In this report, we present a UEFI firmware rootkit that we called CosmicStrand and attribute to an unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor. Introduction. Affected devices. an evil maid attack scenario).

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2022

Kaspersky uncovered a new UEFI firmware rootkit, tracked as CosmicStrand, which it attributes to an unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor. Researchers from Kaspersky have spotted a UEFI firmware rootkit, named CosmicStrand, which has been attributed to an unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 9, 2023

A suspected Chinese hacking campaign has been targeting unpatched SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances to install custom malware that establish long-term persistence for cyber espionage campaigns. [.]

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2021

A new report published by Microsoft revealed that 80% of global enterprises were victims of a firmware-focused cyberattack. The study pointed out that only 29% of the targeted organizations have allocated budgets to protect firmware. Firmware vulnerabilities are also exacerbated by a lack of awareness and a lack of automation.”

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The pool of available open source resilient firmware keeps growing. This week, dynamic firmware maker AMI announced the contribution of its Tektagon OpenEdition Platform Root of Trust to the Open Compute Project (OCP). The post AMI Brings Secure Firmware to the Open Compute Project appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2024

The Ukrainian hacking group Blackjack used a destructive ICS malware dubbed Fuxnet in attacks against Russian infrastructure. Fuxnet (stuxnet on steroids) was deployed earlier to slowly and physically destroy sensory equipment (by NAND/SSD exhaustion and introducing bad CRC into the firmware). YouTube Video 1 , YouTube Video 2 ).

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 8, 2023

Researchers have discovered malware that “can hijack a computer’s boot process even when Secure Boot and other advanced protections are enabled and running on fully updated versions of Windows.” Dubbed BlackLotus, the malware is what’s known as a UEFI bootkit. It’s located in an.

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SecureList

MARCH 20, 2024

Introduction Malware for mobile devices is something we come across very often. million malware, adware, and riskware attacks on mobile devices. Last month, we wrote a total of four private crimeware reports on Android malware, three of which are summarized below. In 2023 , our technologies blocked 33.8 and sends it to the C2.

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Researchers have found three vulnerabilities in AMI MegaRAC, a baseband management controller (BMC) firmware used by multiple server manufacturers. If exploited, the flaws could allow attackers to remotely control servers, deploy malware and firmware implants, or trigger damaging actions that leave them inoperable.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Researchers discovered tens of vulnerabilities in UEFI firmware code used by the major device manufacturers. Researchers at firmware security company Binarly have discovered 23 vulnerabilities in UEFI firmware code used by the major device makers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, EUFI firmware). ” continues the post. .

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Bleeping Computer

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Korean researchers have developed a set of attacks against some solid-state drives (SSDs) that could allow planting malware in a location that's beyond the reach of the user and security solutions. [.].

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2022

The analysis of the internal chats of the Conti ransomware group revealed the gang was working on firmware attack techniques. The analysis of Conti group’s chats , which were leaked earlier this year, revealed that the ransomware gang has been working on firmware attack techniques. ” reads the post published by Eclypsium.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Related: Ransomware remains a scourge The former has been accused of placing hidden backdoors in the firmware of equipment distributed to smaller telecom companies all across the U.S. Firmware is on everything from hard drives, motherboards and routers to office printers and smart medical devices. The Chinese are all over this.

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The Hacker News

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) code from various independent firmware/BIOS vendors (IBVs) has been found vulnerable to potential attacks through high-impact flaws in image parsing libraries embedded into the firmware.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 5, 2023

Attackers can abuse the UEFI firmware to inject executable malware code into the Windows kernel, compromising systems. Read More > The post CSO: Gigabyte firmware component can be abused as a backdoor appeared first on Eclypsium | Supply Chain Security for the Modern Enterprise.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Update your Lenovo laptop’s firmware now! Flaws could help malware survive a hard disk wipe. La entrada Update your Lenovo laptop’s firmware now! Flaws could help malware survive a hard disk wipe se publicó primero en CISO2CISO.COM & CYBER SECURITY GROUP. The post Update your Lenovo laptop’s firmware now!

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Peripheral devices with unsigned firmware can expose Windows and Linux machines to hack, warn experts from firmware security firm Eclypsium. An attacker could exploit the lack of checks to execute malicious firmware and perform malicious actions on both Windows and Linux systems, such as the installation of persistent backdoors.

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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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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 3, 2020

A newly discovered module checks machines for flaws in the UEFI/BIOS firmware so malware can evade detection and persist on a device.

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Bleeping Computer

JANUARY 12, 2023

A Canadian system administrator discovered that an Android TV box purchased from Amazon was pre-loaded with persistent, sophisticated malware baked into its firmware. [.].

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Bleeping Computer

JULY 26, 2022

Chinese-speaking hackers have been using since at least 2016 malware that lies virtually undetected in the firmware images for some motherboards, one of the most persistent threats commonly known as a UEFI rootkit. [.].

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 27, 2022

A novel malware named CosmicStrand is said to be targeting the old motherboards offered by Asus and Gigabyte and the crux is that it can survive operating system re-installs and it survives in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFIs) unlike just the storage drive.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

China-linked APT group breached the Dutch Ministry of Defence last year and installed malware on compromised systems. The RAT is used as second-stage malware, the experts pointed out that it doesn’t exploit a new vulnerability. COATHANGER is a stealthy malware that hooks system calls that could reveal its presence.

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Threatpost

APRIL 1, 2021

A vast majority of companies in a global survey from Microsoft report being a victim of a firmware-focused cyberattack, but defense spending lags, but defense spending lags.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 9, 2023

Here’s a piece of Chinese malware that infects SonicWall security appliances and survives firmware updates. On Thursday, security firm Mandiant published a report that said threat actors with a suspected nexus to China were engaged in a campaign to maintain long-term persistence by running malware on unpatched SonicWall SMA appliances.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2023

Expert discovered that the T95 Android TV box, available for sale on Amazon and AliExpress, came with sophisticated pre-installed malware. Security researcher, Daniel Milisic, discovered that the T95 Android TV box he purchased on Amazon was infected with sophisticated pre-installed malware. ” the expert wrote on Reddit.

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Bleeping Computer

JUNE 13, 2023

Hackers are distributing Windows 10 using torrents that hide cryptocurrency hijackers in the EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) partition to evade detection. [.]

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The Hacker News

MARCH 10, 2023

A suspecting China-linked hacking campaign has been observed targeting unpatched SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 appliances to drop malware and establish long-term persistence.

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Bleeping Computer

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Corsair has confirmed that a bug in the firmware of K100 keyboards, and not malware, is behind previously entered text being auto-typed into applications days later. [.].

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 8, 2023

But experts say that is exactly what transpired this week with Barracuda Networks , as the company struggled to combat a sprawling malware threat which appears to have undermined its email security appliances in such a fundamental way that they can no longer be safely updated with software fixes. Campbell, Calif.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 19, 2022

However, there’s a possibility of still worse problems, like malware. Did you say malware? German researchers recently found that the Bluetooth firmware, responsible for managing the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication upon which Find My relies, is not cryptographically signed. Wait… what?!

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The Hacker News

MARCH 1, 2023

A stealthy Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit called BlackLotus has become the first publicly known malware capable of bypassing Secure Boot defenses, making it a potent threat in the cyber landscape.

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