SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Persistent exploitation of legacy systems One of the most alarming aspects of Ghost ransomware is its focus on legacy IoT and OT environments. Patching and vulnerability management Apply timely security updates to operating systems, software, and firmware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2019

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2009-0692 , could be exploited by an attacker to crash the ISC DHCP client and execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the client. Avaya did not address the vulnerability issue in some of its VoIP devices by applying the necessary patches that were released after the discovery of the flaw in 2009.

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Firmware IoT Advertising Software 109

Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Some possible avenues of infection include exploiting weak or default administrative credentials on routers, and outdated, insecure firmware that has known, exploitable security vulnerabilities. SocksEscort began in 2009 as “ super-socks[.]com WHO’S BEHIND SOCKSESCORT? Page translation from Russian via Google Translate.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In 2016, the Mirai IoT botnet shut down part of the internet, yet variations still plague us today. Maybe our current approach to IoT botnets isn’t working? They spoke at BlackHat USA 2021 where they launched a new tool to find IoT based CnC servers. Clearly, there needs to be another approach. Davanian: This is Ali.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

For example, in 2009, the Obama administration provided financial incentives to utilities in the United States. Vamosi: But as someone who wrote a book questioning the security of our mass produced IoT devices, I wonder why no one bothered to test and certify these devices before they were installed? Here's how I get past it.

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