Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

A residential proxy generally refers to a computer or mobile device running some type of software that enables the system to be used as a pass-through for Internet traffic from others. Very often, this proxy software is installed surreptitiously, such as through a “Free VPN” service or mobile app.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2024

Citrix and Ivanti are seeing more problems, too, as more vulnerabilities have cropped up in Netscaler and Endpoint Manager Mobile. The problem: The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification has an open-source network implementation, EDK II, with nine discovered vulnerabilities. and later releases of 13.1 are affected.

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Kali Linux

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

To enable wireless support, we need to find: The kernel Wi-Fi modules that need to be in the initramfs (Depends on hardware) The Wi-Fi firmware files that need to be in the initramfs (Depends on hardware) The Wireless interface name (Kali defaults to: wlan0 ) Additional packages to increase functionally. bin firmware: brcm/brcmfmac*-sdio.*.txt

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 23, 2022

Long gone are the days when a security team mainly had to be concerned about network connections getting made internally, on company-owned equipment, or externally, across a VPN connection or a public-facing webpage. Today, software developers are king and agile software is their golden chalice.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The Main Threats to Your Mobile and Domestic Tranquility. To help avoid these online risks, it is highly recommended to use a Virtual Private Network (VPN). VPNs are the baseline cybersecurity tool to safeguard internet-enabled devices and a home network. Think your table lamps can’t expose you to danger? Think again.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2021

Clop Ransomware operators plunder US universities Malware attack on Applus blocked vehicle inspections in some US states 2,5M+ users can check whether their data were exposed in Facebook data leak 33.4%

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2022

Malicious actors tend to focus on internet-facing systems to gain entry into a network, such as email and virtual private network (VPN) servers, using exploits targeting newly disclosed vulnerabilities. SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA). Also read: Best Patch Management Software & Tools. Web-Facing Systems at Risk. “U.S.,

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

These can be mobile phones, workstations, desktop and laptop computers, tablet computers, smartphones, IoT devices, wearable smart devices, as well as virtual environments, among many others. Around 49 percent of the poll’s respondents say that endpoint security is nonexistent for them, while 11 percent regard it as a lowest-priority matter.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

If connecting to a public Wi-Fi can’t be avoided, advise them to use a virtual public network (VPN). Speaking of theft, it’s also good to install anti-theft or tracking software in your child’s phone and other mobile devices, such as a laptop, that they bring with them to school or anywhere. Update your child’s device’s firmware.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2018

CVE-2018-18472 – XXE and Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution in Axentra Hipserv NAS firmware. . It’s used in different devices from different vendors, the affected devices sharing the firmware are: Netgear Stora. The company provides a firmware with a web interface that mainly uses PHP as a serverside language.

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

And be judicious about any app you might download to your mobile device. When your phone or computer alerts you to an available software or firmware update, pay attention and do what you’re asked to do immediately (as opposed to clicking “Remind me later”) because many of these patches are security-related.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 20, 2021

Organizations Need a New NetSec Approach, Reveals Verizon’s 2021 Mobile Security Index. Even fewer (19%) told Proofpoint that they had updated their Wi-Fi router’s firmware. Meanwhile, Verizon found in its MSI 2021 that less than half (47%) of respondents with a VPN installed on their devices activated it.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Expanding attack surfaces require additional skills to secure, maintain, and monitor an ever-expanding environment of assets such as mobile, cloud, and the internet of things (IoT). and installed software (operating systems, applications, firmware, etc.). assets (endpoints, servers, IoT, routers, etc.),

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Mobile Applications 10. Granular identification of all elements is not necessary, but Step 1 should include broad components such as the device itself, mobile applications, cloud services, etc. A user’s login identity from the mobile app. Deploy malicious firmware. NFC / RFID 5.5. General Considerations 6. Releases 8.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 13, 2021

If you have to use public WiFi hotspots, it’s wise to also use a VPN to keep your activity private while you use that connection. A VPN wraps your network traffic (including web browsing, email, and other things) in a protective tunnel and makes up for any weaknesses in their encryption.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This indicated unusually high activity by the Turla group, which signaled a never-before-seen mobilization of the group’s resources. We can only speculate as to whether those groups are internal resources reassigned to low-level cyberattacks or external entities that can be mobilized when the need arises. Key insights.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Virtual Private Network (VPN) : For remote access, remote desktop protocol (RDP) no longer can be considered safe. Instead, organizations should use a virtual private network (VPN) solution. For improved security using mobile phones, free authentication apps are available from Google, Microsoft, and others.

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Jane Frankland

JULY 17, 2023

Hardware Shield reduces the attack surface and protects against damaging firmware-level attacks while offloading routine security functions for minimal user impact, allowing for continuous productivity.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Widespread, complex business networks are particularly challenging to protect; these can include edge and mobile networks as well as branch office networks and SANs. VPN Vulnerabilities Although VPNs create a private tunnel for organizations’ network communications, they can still be breached.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

As the modern workforce becomes increasingly mobile and enterprises branch out and grow, software-defined wide area networks ( SD-WAN ) have become a popular choice in the evolution of networking. Many software-defined networking solutions (SDN) have built-in 128- and 256-bit AES encryption and IPsec-based VPN capabilities.

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SecureList

MAY 10, 2021

It is not the first bot to attack mobile devices through a debug interface. To prevent attacks via RDP, it is recommended to hide RDP servers behind a VPN or disable UDP port 3389. That said, a VPN is no panacea if it too is vulnerable to amplification attacks. Q1 was not without yet another iteration of Mirai.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

We also tracked Origami Elephant activity targeting Android mobile phones from the end of 2020 up to the time of our report, picking up where we left off with last year’s report. The samples we analyzed mimicked various applications such as private messaging, VPN, and media services.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

60% of all mobile and browser zero-days are exploited by spyware vendors. However, also consider deploying specialized tools or tools with expanded capabilities, such as: Basic input output system (BIOS) security: Operates outside of the operating system to guard the firmware and other basic software connecting the operating system to a PC.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Mobile devices exposed to wide attacks. Although 2022 did not feature any mobile intrusion story on the scale of the Pegasus scandal, a number of 0-days have still been exploited in the wild by threat actors. But first, let’s examine how they fared with the predictions for 2022. What we predicted in 2022.

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