2021 Firmware Information Security 
Security Affairs
APRIL 5, 2021
A new report published by Microsoft revealed that 80% of global enterprises were victims of a firmware-focused cyberattack. The study pointed out that only 29% of the targeted organizations have allocated budgets to protect firmware. Firmware vulnerabilities are also exacerbated by a lack of awareness and a lack of automation.”
Security Affairs
AUGUST 7, 2021
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical authentication bypass issue (CVE-2021-20090 ) affecting home routers with Arcadyan firmware. Threat actors actively exploit a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20090 , impacting home routers with Arcadyan firmware to deploy a Mirai bot.
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Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Six high-severity firmware bugs affecting several HP Enterprise devices are yet to be patched, some of them since July 2021. When a code is sent to the SMM, the operating system is suspended and a portion of the UEFI/BIOS firmware executes various commands with elevated privileges and with access to all the data and hardware.
Security Affairs
MARCH 9, 2022
Researchers disclosed 16 high-severity flaws in different implementations of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware impacting multiple HP enterprise devices. High CVE-2021-39298 BRLY-2021-004 SMM callout (privilege escalation) 8.8 High CVE-2022-23932 BRLY-2021-040 SMM callout (privilege escalation) 8.2
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
Security provider SonicWall released a new firmware update for an SMA-100 zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in attacks. SonicWall has released a second firmware update for the SMA-100 zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in attacks in the wild. ” reads the security advisory. reads the advisory.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The Mirai -based Moobot botnet is rapidly spreading by exploiting a critical command injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-36260 , in the webserver of several Hikvision products. The Moobot was first documented by Palo Alto Unit 42 researchers in February 2021, the recent attacks demonstrated that its authors are enhancing their malware.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
SonicWall fixed a critical security flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-20034, that impacts some Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series products that can allow device takeover. SonicWall has addressed a critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20034 , that impacting several Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series products.
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