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Too much UPnP-enabled connected devices still vulnerable to cyber attacks

Security Affairs

UPnP-enabled devices running outdated software are exposed to a wide range of attacks exploiting known flaws in UPnP libraries. In early 2013, researchers at Rapid7 published an interesting whitepaper entitled “Security Flaws in Universal Plug and Play” that evaluated the global exposure of UPnP-enabled network devices.

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A Spectre proof-of-concept for a Spectre-proof web

Google Security

In 2019, the team responsible for V8, Chrome’s JavaScript engine, published a blog post and whitepaper concluding that such attacks can’t be reliably mitigated at the software level. While the CPU state is rolled back once the misprediction is noticed, this behavior leaves observable side effects which can leak data to an attacker.

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How to ensure security and trust in connected cars

CyberSecurity Insiders

This includes securing the firmware and software applications of the car using public key infrastructure (PKI) among other tools, key management services and identity issuance. Find out more about vehicle connectivity and cybersecurity in this automotive whitepaper.

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Private AI For All: Our End-To-End Approach to AI Privacy on Android

Google Security

We also enforce strict software supply chain controls to ensure that only approved and verified code runs in our cloud environment. This ensures anyone can rebuild the trusted firmware base and verify that the resulting binaries match what is remotely attested as running in production and published in public transparency logs.

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The Cybersecurity Executive Order: the first 120 days

Security Boulevard

Critical Software Definition. On June 2 and 3, 2021, the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) held a workshop where it consulted with federal agencies, the private sector, academics, and other stakeholders to start working on a definition of Critical Software. The definition of EO-critical software.

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Back to the Fuzz: Fuzzing for Command Injections

ForAllSecure

Command injection is a class of software bugs that doesn't involve memory corruption or any other means of taking over the vulnerable program. Download the Whitepaper More Resources. Check out my previous blog post, Firmware Fuzzing 101 , for a more detailed overview. how to fuzz for command injection. Happy Hacking!