ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Whether it be routers, IoT devices or SCADA systems, they are very varied in architecture, use case, and purpose. Netgear N300 MIPS firmware image. What's Special about Firmware? Fuzzing firmware presents a specific set of challenges that are not often present together in other targets. Non-x86 processor architecture.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Whether it be routers, IoT devices or SCADA systems, they are very varied in architecture, use case, and purpose. Netgear N300 MIPS firmware image. What's Special about Firmware? Fuzzing firmware presents a specific set of challenges that are not often present together in other targets. Non-x86 processor architecture.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Permalink The post BSides Cheltenham 2023 – Stephen – All Your Firmwares Are Belong To Us: A Guide To Successful Acquisition appeared first on Security Boulevard. Many thanks to BSides Cheltenham for publishing their presenter’s outstanding BSides Cheltenham 2023 security content on the organizations’ YouTube channel.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Data Collected: 22 Vendors 1,294 Products 4,956 Firmware versions 3,333,411 Binaries analyzed Date range of data: 2003-03-24 to 2019-01-24 (varies by vendor, most up to 2018 releases). [.]. They look at the actual firmware. MIPS is both the most common CPU architecture and least hardened on average.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

However, researchers warn that these controllers should themselves be treated as perimeter devices and flaws in their firmware could enable deep lateral movement through the point-to-point and other non-routable connections they maintain to other low-level devices. To read this article in full, please click here

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2024

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a specification that defines the architecture of the platform firmware used for booting the computer hardware and its interface for interaction with the operating system.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2022

These include a new Zero Trust Center of Excellence for validating a zero-trust architecture for commercial enterprises, as well as new security advisory/vulnerability management services and products designed to enhance cybersecurity across hardware, firmware, software, and object storage.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2020

AMD is going to release patches for a flaw affecting the System Management Mode (SMM) of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). The vulnerability was discovered by the security researcher Danny Odler, it resides in the AMD’s Mini PC could allow attackers to manipulate secure firmware and execute arbitrary code.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow attackers to steal sensitive data, inject firmware payloads, and even reach LAN-connected devices. Attackers maintained persistence through VPN credentials, Active Directory DCSYNC access, and firmware-hooking methods to survive updates. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2021

. “The PING function on the TP-Link TL-WR840N EU v5 router with firmware through TL-WR840N(EU)_V5_171211 is vulnerable to remote code execution via a crafted payload in an IP address input field.” TP-Link addressed the flaw on November 12, 2021 with the release of the firmware update TL-WR840N(EU)_V5_211109.

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Pen Test Partners

AUGUST 4, 2024

TL;DR BSim, Ghidra’s new built-in plugin is a game-changer for reversing firmware and other stripped binaries. You’re stuck disassembling yet another firmware blob stripped of symbols and lacking any handy reference strings. With firmware dumps, it’s rare we know these specifics. Background Oh no! requires a new FID database.

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Google Security

OCTOBER 9, 2023

As part of our efforts to harden firmware on Android devices , we are increasingly using Rust in these bare-metal environments too. To that end, we have rewritten the Android Virtualization Framework’s protected VM (pVM) firmware in Rust to provide a memory safe foundation for the pVM root of trust.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2020

The CVE-2019-0090 vulnerability affects the firmware running on the ROM of the Intel’s Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME). Intel CSME is responsible for initial authentication of Intel-based systems by loading and verifying all other firmware for modern platforms.” x, SPS_E3_05.00.04.027.0.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The experts were investigating several suspicious UEFI firmware images when discovered four components, some of which were borrowing the source code a Hacking Team spyware. The firmware malware is based on code associated with HackingTeam’s VectorEDK bootkit, with minor changes. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

. “The actor has so far primarily deployed Cyclops Blink to WatchGuard devices, but it is likely that Sandworm would be capable of compiling the malware for other architectures and firmware.” The malware leverages the firmware update process to achieve persistence.

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Pen Test Partners

JULY 31, 2024

In some architectures like Qualcomm, the Primary Bootloader (PBL) is the first stage bootloader that is stored in the ROM or on-chip memory. A common vulnerability in bootloaders is the lack of proper validation of firmware images. The main role of a bootloader is to load the main OS into the device’s memory.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2023

The cause of the vulnerability is the 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.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The unranked list contains 12 entries that categorize data found in hardware programming, design, and architecture. CWE-1277 : Firmware Not Updateable – firmware exploitation exposes the victim to a permanent risk without any possibility to patch weaknesses. The most popular firmware is BIOS and UEFI.

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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

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The botnet leverages a robust architecture based on a combination of third-party services, P2P, and Command & Control servers. This architecture was implemented to make the botnet resilient to takedowns by law enforcement and security firms with the support of the vendors of the infected devices.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Threat actors can execute code by exploiting an unpatched or new security issue over-the-air, or abusing the local OS firmware update mechanism. For example, a new firmware version will not physically remove shared memory from a chip or adjust for arbitrary jitter in a serial protocol. ” concludes the paper. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 27, 2023

The models of the EM-30 and S-56(u) series, which are available as an embedded component in the form of an e.MMC or as flexible, interchangeable SD memory cards, offer maximum reliability due to proven firmware architecture. They also guarantee 100% data security. specifications and is fully backward compatible.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

By mid-August 2022, Schneider Electric had released an update for the EcoStruxure™ Control Expert software, as well as for Modicon M340 and Modicon M580 PLC firmware, that fixes the vulnerability. UMAS is based on a client-server architecture. UMAS also inherits the Modbus client-server architecture.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

But the NCSC warns that it is likely that Sandworm is capable of compiling the same or very similar malware for other architectures and firmware. When it comes to infected appliances, Cyclops Blink persists on reboot and throughout the legitimate firmware update process.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

In March, TP-Link released a firmware update to address multiple issues, including this vulnerability. ” The Mirai botnet is exploiting the issue to gain access to the device and downloads the malicious payload for the targeted architecture. The vulnerability was first reported to ZDI during the Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 event.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

“Then you’ve got to figure out how to integrate the solutions into a much broader architecture around 5G that would provide the connectivity,” he said. “So, So, for example, if you’re enclaving off a bunch of IoT devices so that they are protected from the internet, you may also be protecting them from firmware updates.

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Kali Linux

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

To enable wireless support, we need to find: The kernel Wi-Fi modules that need to be in the initramfs (Depends on hardware) The Wi-Fi firmware files that need to be in the initramfs (Depends on hardware) The Wireless interface name (Kali defaults to: wlan0 ) Additional packages to increase functionally. bin firmware: brcm/brcmfmac*-sdio.*.txt

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Google Security

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In Android, which runs on billions of devices and is one of our most critical platforms, we've already made strides in adopting MSLs, including Rust, in sections of our network, firmware and graphics stacks. The security architecture of the chromium browser." link] ↩ [link] ↩ Kern, C. ACM 67, 6 (June 2024), 52–60.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 30, 2024

Before performing a firewall configuration, consider factors such as security requirements, network architecture, and interoperability; avoid typical firewall setup errors; and follow the best practices below. Verify that the chosen firewall can meet your security standards and functions.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Zerobot targets multiple architectures, including i386, amd64, arm, arm64, mips, mips64, mips64le, mipsle, ppc64, ppc64le, riscv64, and s390x. Maintain device health with updates: Make sure devices are up to date with the latest firmware and patches. The bot is saved using the filename “zero.”.

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Kali Linux

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

additionally due to the new firmware in use on it, if you use an A2 rated microSD card, you should see 2-3x speedup of random access Pinebook kernel has been reverted back to a 6.1 amd64 NOTE: The output of uname -r may be different depending on the system architecture. " VERSION_ID="2024.3"

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2019

.” The RCE flaw affects TP-Link Wi-Fi Extender models RE365, RE650, RE350 and RE500 running firmware version 1.0.2, The extender operates on the MIPS architecture, like many routers, the zero-day flaw can be triggered. The extender operates on the MIPS architecture, like many routers, the zero-day flaw can be triggered.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 31, 2021

In our previous blog post , we discussed the challenges for securing IoT deployments, and how businesses and consumers benefit from authenticating and validating IoT software and firmware updates. Requirements also included that the firmware was to be signed by the manufacturer and verified by the pacemaker. Cloud security.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

Over-the-air (OTA) software and firmware updates must be delivered securely and effectively. Electronic control unit (ECU) threats : malicious firmware updates act as a ‘trojan horse’ which allows the hacker to imitate trust and remotely access vehicle control systems. weak cryptography, software bugs, malware, etc.). Edge Devices.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

In fact, Ericsson Network Manager is an Operations support system (‘OSS’ according to network jargon) , which allows the management of all the devices interconnected to it, ensuring the management of configurations, firmware updates and all automation and maintenance operations of an advanced mobile radio network.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

. “Our analysis of this particular sample indicates the file executes on microprocessor without interlocked pipelined stages (MIPS) architecture. This is an extension understood by machines running reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architecture, which is prevalent on many IoT devices.” ” continues the analysis.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Patch management: Keeping software and firmware up to date to close security gaps. Firmware Manipulation Attackers can manipulate firmware in ICS components, such as controllers and sensors, by inserting malicious code to compromise operations. Every access request is verified, reducing the risk of internal vulnerabilities.

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