Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2018

AVTech is one of the world’s leading CCTV manufacturers, it is the largest public-listed company in the Taiwan surveillance industry. EliteLands is using a 2-years old exploit that could be used to trigger tens of well-known vulnerabilities in the AVTech firmware.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Attack vectors There are two main IoT infection routes: brute-forcing weak passwords and exploiting vulnerabilities in network services. A successful password cracking enables hackers to execute arbitrary commands on a device and inject malware. Unfortunately, users tend to leave these passwords unchanged.

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SecureList

JANUARY 20, 2022

At the end of 2021, we were made aware of a UEFI firmware-level compromise through logs from our Firmware Scanner , which has been integrated into Kaspersky products since the beginning of 2019. This one is made up of implants found in the UEFI firmware within the SPI flash, a non-volatile storage external to the hard drive.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

ForrmBook is capable of key logging and capturing browser or email client passwords, but its developers continue to update the malware to exploit the latest Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVS), such as CVE-2021-40444 Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. AZORult's developers are constantly updating its capabilities.

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2018

Positive Technologies discovered two flaws affecting Dongguan Diqee 360 smart vacuums that can be used to perform video surveillance. To succeed, the attacker must authenticate on the device—which is made easier by the fact that many affected devices have the default username and password combination (admin:888888).”

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

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SecureList

JUNE 20, 2023

The findings of the study reveal a number of serious security issues, including the use of hard-coded credentials, and an insecure firmware update process. We later managed to extract the firmware from the EEPROM for further static reverse engineering. Further hardware analysis of the circuit board helped us identify chips.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

At the end of September, at the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit , our researchers provided an overview of FinSpy , an infamous surveillance toolset that several NGOs have repeatedly reported being used against journalists, political dissidents and human rights activists. logins, passwords, etc.), Gamers beware. an invoice).

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It's like using a hash of your street address, as the password for your front door. The Mirai botnet contributed to a massive denial of service attack that brought parts of the Internet to a standstill, what was remarkable was that Mariah was constructed from 1000s of Internet of Things devices, namely surveillance cameras.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It's like using a hash of your street address, as the password for your front door. The Mirai botnet contributed to a massive denial of service attack that brought parts of the Internet to a standstill, what was remarkable was that Mariah was constructed from 1000s of Internet of Things devices, namely surveillance cameras.

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IoT Hacking Internet Internet 52

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 24, 2022

If malware were installed on the device, it could control the LEDs by blinking and changing colors with firmware commands. The infection of a device can be achieved via supply chain attacks, social engineering techniques, or the use of hardware with installed software or firmware. user names, passwords, key-loggings) or binary (e.g.,

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

We have previously seen DustSquad use third-party post-exploitation tools, such as the password dumping utility fgdump; but we have now observed new custom C modules, a first for DustSquad, and Delphi downloaders acting as post-exploitation facilitators, able to gather documents of interest for the actor. Other interesting discoveries.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

For example, once it infects your device, a keylogger will start tracking every keystroke you make and sending a log of those keystrokes to the hacker, allowing them to reconstruct any sensitive information you might have entered after infection, such as your PIN, password, or social security number.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It was for 1000s of compromised, Internet of Things, enabled devices, such as surveillance cameras, residential gateways, internet connected printers, and even in home baby monitors these devices themselves are often thought of as not having much in the way of resources, and really they don't have many computing resources. Probably not.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2024

The fix: To eliminate malware infections, perform a factory reset, upgrade to the latest firmware, change all default usernames and passwords, and adjust firewall rules to block exposure to unwanted remote management services. and a medium (CVSS 4.3) level vulnerability.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The cyber-offense ecosystem still appears to be shaken by the sudden demise of NSO Group; at the same time, these activities indicate to us that we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to commercial-grade mobile surveillance tooling. The first one, in January, was MoonBounce ; the other was CosmicStrand in July 2022.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2023

While this communication system is useful for transferring real-time data, it offers neither encryption nor lockout mechanisms against password-guessing. This would allow them to view live feeds and record footage, which could be used for surveillance, reconnaissance, or gathering sensitive information.

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