Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2018

Even if international telecommunications regulators have defined the list of AT commands that all smartphones must implement, many vendors have also added custom AT command sets that could be used to manage some specific features of the devices (i.e. The AT commands can be transmitted via phone lines and control modems. camera control).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2020

Just after the WorldNet Telecommunications, the LG electronics fall as a victim of the Maze ransomware operators.” “One of the screenshots seems to consist of LG Electronics official firmware or software update releases that assist their hardware products to work more efficiently.” ” continues Cyble.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

History of MSSPs As internet service providers (ISPs) and telecommunications companies (telecoms) began offering commercial access to the internet in the late 1990s, they began to also offer firewall appliances and associated managed services. and installed software (operating systems, applications, firmware, etc.). Outsourcing U.S.

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The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Terry is a former NSA employee who specializes in firmware security. Congress has been aggressive in calling out the Chinese threat to domestic businesses. To understand the threat that software and hardware from China poses to organizations here in the U.S. we invited Terry Dunlap of the firm ReFirm Labs back into the Security Ledger studio.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

. “The password “gvt12345”, for example, suggests that hackers target users with routers from the former Brazilian internet service provider (ISP) GVT, which was acquired by Teleônica Brasil, and is the largest telecommunications company in the country.” ” states the analysis published by Avast. concludes Avast.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 3, 2022

The LAPSUS$ group is a relative newcomer to the ransomware scene, but it has made a name for itself by bringing down big targets like Impresa, the largest media conglomerate in Portugal, Brazil’s Ministry of Health, and Brazilian telecommunications operator Claro.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Other advanced threat groups are also known to adopt similar strategies, for instance with hardware or firmware implants, which “sleep” for weeks or months before connecting to their C2 infrastructure. This explains why this attack was so hard to spot. Low-level details. All we need is a.NET decompiler (dnSpy is a good one).

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The Security Ledger

MARCH 13, 2019

But while those bills work their way through Congress, a much more consequential standard is already taking root: this one backed by CTIA , the trade group that represents major telecommunications and Internet providers. Sameer Dixit is the Sr. Director- Security Consulting at Spirent Communications.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 18, 2023

Establish Persistence (Tactic ID: TA0003) APT groups use techniques like multiple backdoors, rootkits, and even firmware or hardware-based attacks to maintain access to a network even after detection and remediation efforts. According to the cyber threat group list compiled by MITRE ATT&CK , we're aware of over 100 APT groups worldwide.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2021

Older CVEs are more likely to have been mediated, and newer ones are less so since developers might not yet patch them and, even more frequently, the firmware might not be updated by users. It is imperative that businesses keep their software and firmware of devices connected to the internet up to date. Most devices.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

According to the same article, another such attack took place in the late 1990s when the American military attacked a Serbian telecommunications network. It directly affected satellite modems firmwares , but was still to be understood as of mid-March. ViaSat quickly suspected that disruptions could be the result of a cyberattack.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The iSIM is fully standardised and endorsed by the industry and is recognised by several industry bodies including the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), Eurosmart, Trusted Connectivity Allianceand the GSMA. Energy consumption is also reduced thanks to the advanced technology node employed to build the SoC. .

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

After the attacks came to light, the manufacturer promptly released a firmware update for configuring verification of incoming requests. In October, telecommunications firm Telenor Norway was another to fall victim. Consequently, the victims received reply packets several times larger in size.

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SecureList

MAY 10, 2021

Vulnerable devices were either misconfigured or missing the latest firmware version with the required settings. In addition to the aforementioned Melita, Austrian provider A1 Telekom (article in German), as well as Belgian telecommunications firm Scarlet , suffered DDoS attacks (albeit without the ransomware component).

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

From a different angle, reporting from The Intercept revealed mobile surveillance capabilities available to Iran for the purposes of domestic investigations that leverage direct access to (and cooperation of) local telecommunication companies. The first one, in January, was MoonBounce ; the other was CosmicStrand in July 2022.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In May, Ars Technica reported that BootGuard private keys had been stolen following a ransomware attack on Micro-Star International (MSI) in March this year (firmware on PCs with Intel chips and BootGuard enabled will only run if it is digitally signed using the appropriate keys).

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