CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

These can be mobile phones, workstations, desktop and laptop computers, tablet computers, smartphones, IoT devices, wearable smart devices, as well as virtual environments, among many others. Based on numbers from Statista , there will be over 40 billion connected devices by 2030, and most of these are IoT products. In conclusion.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 27, 2023

A TP-Link Archer A21 (AX1800) consumer-grade WiFi router vulnerability has been used by Mirai botnet to launch DDoS attacks against IoT devices. The flaw in the TP-Link Archer AX21 firmware was discovered back in December 2022, and the company released a patch in March.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 30, 2022

Why Healthcare IoT Requires Strong Machine Identity Management. Mon, 05/30/2022 - 12:04. The healthcare industry has been leveraging IoT devices for years, steadily increasing its use in facilities and patient care. By 2027, the IoT in Healthcare market is expected to reach $290 billion , up from just $60 billion in 2019.

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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2022

Researchers from IoT security company Armis have discovered three high-impact security flaws, collectively tracked as TLStorm, affecting APC Smart-UPS devices. The researchers discovered that the firmware upgrades are not properly signed and validated. SecurityAffairs – hacking, IoT). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2022

Fast forward to 2022, and the headache has become a migraine—not just for IT teams but business owners, employees, and customers as well. LockBit was the most widely-distributed ransomware in March, April, and May 2022, and its total of 263 spring attacks was more than double the number of Conti, the variant in second place.

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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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SecureList

JUNE 8, 2022

Number of router vulnerabilities according to cve.mitre.org, 2010–2022 ( download ). Number of router vulnerabilities according to nvd.nist.gov, 2010–2022 ( download ). search for smart devices with the default password in the summer of last year revealed more than 27,000 hits, a similar search in April 2022 returned only 851.

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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

APRIL 2, 2022

Between February and March 2022, researchers from the FortiGuard Labs team observed Beastmode operators adding five new exploits in a few weeks, with three targeting some TOTOLINK routers. TOTOLINK has already addressed these flaws with the release of new firmware for vulnerable devices. ” concludes the report.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 28, 2022

IoT and Machine Identity Management in Financial Services. Tue, 06/28/2022 - 17:39. How is IoT changing the financial sector? IoT has already positively impacted the financial sector and will only continue to in the future. IoT has also transformed the financial services sector in a variety of ways: Real-time data.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2022

The vendor addressed the unauthenticated access to the content of the SD card with the release of firmware updates on January 29, 2022. “This can be done by setting up a dedicated SSID exclusively for IoT devices, or by moving them to the guest network if the router does not support the creation of additional SSIDs.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2024

This incident highlights the necessity of keeping machines inside the firewall perimeter up to date, and serves as a reminder that any IOT device could be abused as a foothold to reach Windows machines. Attackers maintained persistence through VPN credentials, Active Directory DCSYNC access, and firmware-hooking methods to survive updates.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

This email address is also connected to accounts on several Russian cybercrime forums, including “ __edman__ ,” who had a history of selling “logs” — large amounts of data stolen from many bot-infected computers — as well as giving away access to hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2022

The PoC exploit code for a critical stack-based buffer overflow issue, tracked as CVE-2022-27255 (CVSS 9.8), affecting networking devices using Realtek’s RTL819x system on a chip was released online. ” reads the advisory published by Realtek, which published the issue in March 2022. ”, which was presented at DEFCON30.”

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SecureList

JUNE 20, 2023

The findings of the study reveal a number of serious security issues, including the use of hard-coded credentials, and an insecure firmware update process. We later managed to extract the firmware from the EEPROM for further static reverse engineering. Further hardware analysis of the circuit board helped us identify chips.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2023

Industrial and IoT cybersecurity firm Claroty disclosed technical details of five vulnerabilities that be exploited to hack some Netgear router models. “NETGEAR strongly recommends that you download the latest firmware as soon as possible.” ” reads the advisory published by the security firm. We are in the final!

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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

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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The Last Watchdog

MAY 23, 2022

This was the main topic of discussion recently at DigiCert Security Summit 2022. We have to think about how to extend trust to mobile devices and to IoT devices, and how to more effectively protect supply chains and critical infrastructure,” Sabin says. “We We discussed why elevating digital trust has become so vital.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Mon, 02/28/2022 - 11:55. The following are six advantages of IoT in the manufacturing industry. Integrating IoTs into monitoring both equipment settings and the outcomes of each production step helps manufacturers detect quality problems at the source. . Machine Identities are Essential for Securing Smart Manufacturing.

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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2023

Both vulnerabilities were reported in November 2022 by cybersecurity firm Quarkslab. In some cases, the attacker can also overwrite protected data in the TPM firmware. ” Quarkslab researchers pointed out that the vulnerabilities could potentially affect billions of devices, including IoT devices, servers, and embedded systems.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 16, 2024

January 11, 2024 Smart Thermostat from Bosch Puts Offices in Danger Type of vulnerability: Malicious commands sent from an attacker to the thermostat, including potentially replacing firmware with rogue code. According to Bitdefender, the thermostat does not validate the authenticity of a new firmware update.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2022

At the end of January, QNAP forced the firmware update for its Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to protect its customers against the DeadBolt ransomware. “At its peak on January 26th, 2022, Censys observed 4,988 Deadbolt-infected services out of the 130,000 QNAP devices currently on the internet.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

Researchers at healthcare IoT security firm Cynerio discovered a collection of five vulnerabilities impacting TUG autonomous mobile robots, collectively named JekyllBot:5 , that could be exploited by remote attackers to hack the devices.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Preserving bandwidth for both customers and victims was a primary concern for SocksEscort in July 2022, when 911S5 — at the time the world’s largest known malware proxy network — got hacked and imploded just days after being exposed in a story here. “Probably, they wanted to keep that revenue stream going.”

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Webroot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The group, which has been active since 2022, made headlines in early 2024 when they reportedly received a staggering $75 million ransom payment from a Fortune 50 company. The group, which first appeared in 2022, maintained its position as one of the most active ransomware operations, consistently ranking among the top threat actors.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 16, 2021

CVE-2021-42310 Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution vulnerability. Once installed, use the Update & security section of the app to download and install the latest firmware. When the second phase of Windows updates become available in Q1 2022, customers will be notified via a revision to the security vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The Daixin Team is a ransomware and data extortion group that has been active since at least June 2022. Below are the mitigations provided in the alert: Install updates for operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as they are released. Daixin Team also exfiltrated data from victim systems using Rclone and Ngrok tools.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

CVE-2022-4886 (Path Sanitization Bypass): This 8.8-level also adds Supplemental and Environmental safety measurements and values relevant to operational technology (OT), industrial control systems (ICS), and Internet of Things (IoT) contexts. See the Best Container & Kubernetes Security Solutions & Tools Oct.

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SecureList

MARCH 14, 2022

On March 10, 2022 Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) shared their insights into the current (and past) cyberattacks in Ukraine. We advise organizations to: Take typical measures against DDoS attacks, ransomware and destructive malware, phishing, targeted attacks, supply-chain attacks and firmware attacks.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 13, 2022

Wed, 04/13/2022 - 16:38. Firmware and embedded software . Chips and devices (such as a hard drive, mouse, or memory controller) contain embedded software known as firmware. Code signing authenticates that an update to that firmware comes from where it says it comes from and that it hasn’t been modified by a third party. . .

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Security Boulevard

JULY 11, 2022

Mon, 07/11/2022 - 16:49. Another report from Kaspersky Labs found 33 vulnerabilities in the most widely used data transfer protocol for internet of things (IoT) medical devices, known as MQTT. MQTT is a common solution in most IoT gadgets, including medical devices. Best Practices for Assuring the Software Supply Chain for IoT.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Some organizations do not attempt to update or monitor their employee’s devices connected to the network or ignore Internet of Things (IoT) devices. For firmware updates to critical systems (routers, servers, etc.), a backup system may be required to be in place should the firmware update render the original device non-functional.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

However, also consider deploying specialized tools or tools with expanded capabilities, such as: Basic input output system (BIOS) security: Operates outside of the operating system to guard the firmware and other basic software connecting the operating system to a PC. Lack of staff leads to a number of issues.

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Notice Bored

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This is an interesting policy example to have been selected for inclusion in ISO/IEC 27002:2022 , spanning the divide between 'cybersecurity' and 'the business'. Data on smartphones, laptops and all those IoT things proliferating like swarms of cockroaches in a horror movie. Why do data need to be backed up? What's the purpose?

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