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MY TAKE: Why locking down ‘firmware’ has now become the next big cybersecurity challenge

The Last Watchdog

Locking down firmware. These are the carriers that provide Internet access to rural areas all across America. Firmware is the coding that’s embedded below the software layer on all computing devices, ranging from printers to hard drives and motherboards to routers and switches. telecoms by Chinese tech giant Huawei.

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Western Digital customers have to update their My Cloud devices to latest firmware version

Security Affairs

My Cloud OS firmware is reaching the end of support, Western Digital customers have to update their WD My Cloud devices to the latest version. Devices on these older firmware versions will not receive security fixes or technical support.” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Dynamic analysis of firmware components in IoT devices

SecureList

As a rule, this means that the source code of the device’s firmware is unavailable and all the researcher can use is the user manual and a few threads on some user forum discussing the device’s operation. The vulnerability assessment of IoT/IIoT devices is based on analyzing their firmware.

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The Internet of Things Is Everywhere. Are You Secure?

Security Boulevard

From smart homes that enable you to control your thermostat from a distance to sensors on oil rigs that help predict maintenance to autonomous vehicles to GPS sensors implanted in the horns of endangered black rhinos , the internet of things is all around you. A Safer Internet of Things. The post The Internet of Things Is Everywhere.

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Dark Mirai botnet spreads targeting RCE on TP-Link routers

Security Affairs

. “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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CISA Order Highlights Persistent Risk at Network Edge

Krebs on Security

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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Cyclops Blink malware: US and UK authorities issue alert

Malwarebytes

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. Internet access to the management interface of any device is a security risk. Cyclops Blink has been found in WatchGuard’s firewall devices since at least June 2019.

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