SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2024

The threat to modern encryption In December 2022, a team of Chinese researchers claimed to have developed a quantum algorithm capable of factoring large integers used in RSA encryption. Attackers are intercepting and storing encrypted internet traffic in anticipation of future quantum decryptiona practice known as "store now, decrypt later."

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2023

China-linked APT group Mustang Panda employed a custom firmware implant targeting TP-Link routers in targeted attacks since January 2023. In 2022 campaigns, threat actors used European Union reports on the conflict in Ukraine and Ukrainian government reports as lures. SOCKS tunneling — Relay communication between different clients.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 1, 2022

This web server is present in Arris firmware which can be found in several router models. ISP customer premise equipment (CPE) often uses this web server, and ISP subscribers will typically get these routers in loan for telephony and Internet access. released June 1, 2022). muhttpd web server. Path traversal. Vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2022

US Critical Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds critical CVE-2022-30525 RCE flaw in Zyxel Firewalls to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Last week, Zyxel has addressed the critical CVE-2022-30525 (CVSS score: 9.8) If possible, enable automatic firmware updates. Commands are executed as the nobody user.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2024

SonicWall next-generation firewall (NGFW) series 6 and 7 devices are affected by two unauthenticated denial-of-service vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-22274 and CVE-2023-0656 , that could potentially lead to remote code execution. ” concludes the report.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

At this point, it has become cliché to say that nothing in 2022 turned out the way we expected. Similarly, at the beginning of February 2022, we noticed a huge spike in the amount of activity related to Gamaredon C&C servers. It directly affected satellite modems firmwares , but was still to be understood as of mid-March.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

government agency in charge of improving the nation’s cybersecurity posture is ordering all federal agencies to take new measures to restrict access to Internet-exposed networking equipment. The directive comes amid a surge in attacks targeting previously unknown vulnerabilities in widely used security and networking appliances.

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Hacker Combat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

More than 2,000 PDUs were directly exposed to the internet in 2021, and roughly a third of those were iBoot PDUs, according to a Censys research. CVE-2022-3183 through CVE-2022-3189 are the CVE identifiers given to the seven vulnerabilities. The vendor has released firmware version 1.42.06162022 to address the problem.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. SocksEscort[.]com com , is what’s known as a “SOCKS Proxy” service. WHO’S BEHIND SOCKSESCORT?

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

Chaput said the spammers used more than 1,500 Internet addresses across 400 providers to register new accounts, which then followed popular accounts on Mastodon and sent private mentions to the followers of those accounts. that were created from different Internet addresses in Vienna, Austria. billion last year.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The researchers discovered the botnet in October 2023, but they believe it has been active since at least 2022. that impacted several routers, including Future X Communications (FXC) AE1021 and AE1021PE wall routers, running firmware versions 2.0.9 and earlier. The vulnerability affects VioStor NVR Versions 5.0.0 and earlier (5.0.0

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Everyone who uses the internet or deals with a digital file or task uses an endpoint device. These ignored, forgotten, and un-updated (OS/firmware) connected devices can become vulnerabilities exploited by cybercriminals to gain access to networks and cloud resources. Are existing endpoint security solutions effective enough?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2022

Two of the TLStorm vulnerabilities reside in the TLS implementation used by Cloud-connected Smart-UPS devices, while the third one is a design flaw in the firmware upgrade process of Smart-UPS devices. The researchers discovered that the firmware upgrades are not properly signed and validated. ” continues Armis.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 23, 2022

Then the Internet took off and trusting the connection between a user’s device and a web server became of paramount importance. This was the main topic of discussion recently at DigiCert Security Summit 2022. Related: Leveraging PKI to advance electronic signatures. Today we’re in the throes of digital transformation.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2023

ASUS addressed critical vulnerabilities in multiple router models, urging customers to immediately install firmware updates. ASUS is warning customers to update some router models to the latest firmware to address critical vulnerabilities. “Update your router to the latest firmware.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2022

Zyxel has moved to address a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2022-30525, CVSS score: 9.8) Zyxel silently addressed the flaw by releasing security updates on April 28, 2022, Rapid7 pointed out that this choice leaves defenders in the dark and only advantage the attackers. If possible, enable automatic firmware updates.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

New government rules coupled with industry standards meant to give formal shape to the Internet of Things (IoT) are rapidly quickening around the globe. The Mirai botnet, initially discovered in October 2016 , infected Internet-connected routers, cameras and digital video recorders at scale. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Which brings us to our first example: CVE-2022-34718 , a Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability with a CVSS rating of 9.8. The most accepted definition is: “A zero-day is a flaw in software, hardware or firmware that is unknown to the party or parties responsible for patching or otherwise fixing the flaw.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2022

The vulnerability is an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Hikvision IP camera/NVR firmware, it was discovered by a security researcher that goes online with the moniker “Watchful IP.”. The expert confirmed that every firmware developed since 2016 has been tested and found to be vulnerable.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2022

On April 4 2022, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added CVE-2021-45382 to its known exploited vulnerabilities catalog. As a general policy, when products reach EOS/EOL, they can no longer be supported, and all firmware development for these products cease. CISA catalog.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 26, 2023

Affected users should patch as a matter of urgency, and we urge you not to expose the management interfaces of network edge devices to the Internet, in order to reduce their attack surface. Patch 1, USG FLEX series firmware versions 4.50 Patch 1, USG FLEX 50(W) firmware versions 4.25 Patch 1, USG20(W)-VPN firmware versions 4.25

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2022

Internet search engine Censys reported a new wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks targeting QNAP NAS devices. Internet search engine Censys reported that QNAP devices were targeted in a new wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks. If every victim had paid the ransom, this attack would have netted the hackers about $4,484,700.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Researchers discovered two critical vulnerabilities (CVE–2022–36158 and CVE–2022–36159) in Flexlan devices that provide WiFi on airplanes. “It is found that our wireless products, FLEXLAN FX3000/2000 series, have a firmware vulnerability. “[CVE-2022-36158] – Hidden system command web page. .

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) researchers discovered a new variant of the Zerobot botnet (aka ZeroStresser) that was improved with the capabilities to target more Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The Zerobot botnet first appeared in the wild in November 2022 targeting devices running on Linux operating system.

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SecureList

JUNE 8, 2022

A router is a gateway from the internet to a home or office — despite being conceived quite the opposite. Number of router vulnerabilities according to cve.mitre.org, 2010–2022 ( download ). Number of router vulnerabilities according to nvd.nist.gov, 2010–2022 ( download ). Conclusion.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2022

That may be because the patches were included in version 4 of the firmware for the EAS devices, and many older models apparently do not support the new software. On July 20, 2022, the researcher referred to other potential issues, and we trust the researcher will provide more detail. Anything lower than version 4.1

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Security researcher ReSolver announced the discovery of hardcoded credentials (CVE-2022-40602) in ZyXEL LTE3301-M209 LTE indoor routers. “The firmware is basically a merge of 3 sections, the LZMA section is the kernel, at 0x148CD6 the root-fs and at 0x90BD36 the www content.” 13 Sep 2022: Details sent to ZyXEL.

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DoublePulsar

JANUARY 15, 2025

I have been able to verify this dump is real, as devices in it are listed on Shodan and share the same unique serialnumbers: Dumped config with serial number, and Shodan internet scanning showing the same IP having the same serialnumber The dump is ordered by country. 2022 zero day was used to raid Fortigate firewall configs.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 23, 2022

The flaw is tracked as CVE-2021-36260 and was addressed by Hikvision via a firmware update in September 2021. A Metasploit module based on the vulnerability was published by packet storm in February of 2022. Hikvision says you should download the latest firmware for your device from the global firmware portal.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The FunJSQ module is used in various Netgear routers and Orbi WiFi systems, the issues affecting it were discovered in May 2022 and are now fixed. “Back in May 2022, we discovered FunJSQ , a third-party gaming speed-improvement service by China-based Xiamen Xunwang Network Technology Co.,

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SecureList

JUNE 20, 2023

Introduction In today’s interconnected world, more and more devices are being connected to the internet, including everyday household items like pet feeders that are becoming smart by virtue of this simple fact. We later managed to extract the firmware from the EEPROM for further static reverse engineering.

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Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2022

Taiwanese vendor QNAP is asking users to install the latest update on their NAS devices and avoid exposing them on the Internet. “QNAP urges all NAS users to check and update QTS to the latest version as soon as possible, and avoid exposing their NAS to the Internet.” and QTS 4.4.1. “QNAP® Systems, Inc.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2024

The vulnerability is an improper error message handling in Zyxel ZyWALL/USG series firmware versions 4.60 through 4.73, VPN series firmware versions 4.60 through 5.35, USG FLEX series firmware versions 4.60 through 5.35, and ATP series firmware versions 4.60 through 5.35. reported the SektorCERT. .

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2023

“Successful exploits could allow attackers to monitor users’ internet activity, highjack internet connections and redirect traffic to malicious websites or inject malware into network traffic. “NETGEAR strongly recommends that you download the latest firmware as soon as possible.” We are in the final!

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The vendor also provided a workaround to minimize potential risks, they recommended to restrict firewall management to trusted sources or disable firewall WAN management from Internet access. Similarly, for SSLVPN, ensure that access is limited to trusted sources or disable SSLVPN access from the Internet. 5035 and older versions.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2023

Taiwanese vendor QNAP is warning customers to install QTS and QuTS firmware updates to address a critical flaw impacting its NAS devices. QNAP released QTS and QuTS firmware updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-27596 (CVSS v3 score: 9.8), that affects QNAP NAS devices.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2022

Critical Ongoing VS Firmware 2.3 Synology also warns customers of other three flaws, tracked as CVE-2022-23125 , CVE-2022-23122 , CVE-2022-0194 that could allow remote attackers to run arbitrary code on affected devices. Synology products affected by the flaw are: Product Severity Fixed Release Availability DSM 7.1

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