The Last Watchdog

JUNE 10, 2019

Locking down firmware. Starks Federal Communications Commission member Geoffrey Starks recently alluded to the possibility that China may have secretly coded the firmware in Huawei’s equipment to support cyber espionage and cyber infrastructure attacks. telecoms by Chinese tech giant Huawei.

Firmware 233

Firmware Cybersecurity Technology Engineering 233

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2018, we got some broader exemptions for all data, all devices all types of devices. 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.

IoT 52

IoT Hacking Internet Internet 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2018, we got some broader exemptions for all data, all devices all types of devices. 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.

IoT 52

IoT Hacking Internet Internet 52

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

While we were unable to obtain the same results by analyzing the CERT-UA samples, we subsequently identified a different WhiteBlackCrypt sample matching the WhisperKill architecture and sharing similar code. We had initially analyzed this Delphi malware in April 2018. Other interesting discoveries.

Malware 141

Malware Firmware Government Phishing 141

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.

IoT 52

IoT DDOS Malware Internet 52