Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2022

The ÆPIC Leak ( CVE-2022-21233 ) is the first architecturally CPU bug that could lead to the disclosure of sensitive data and impacts most 10th, 11th and 12th generation Intel CPUs. Unlike Meltdown and Spectre , ÆPIC Leak is an architectural bug , which means that the sensitive data are disclosed without relying on side channel attacks.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Experts warn that organizations must act decisively to protect against this growing threat by implementing Zero Trust architectures, patching vulnerabilities, and strengthening identity security. Patching and vulnerability management Apply timely security updates to operating systems, software, and firmware.

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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

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

An authentication bypass in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface to bypass the authentication otherwise required by the PAN-OS management web interface and invoke certain PHP scripts. reads the advisory published by Palo Alto Networks.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 17, 2025

Common vulnerabilities in legacy VPN environments include: Unpatched software and zero-days: Legacy VPNs often lack auto-update mechanisms, making them prime targets. These weaknesses, combined with increased attacker sophistication, demand more than incremental improvements and require architectural change. Download now.

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SecureList

APRIL 25, 2025

With time, the vulnerabilities were patched, and restrictions were added to the firmware. Attackers are leveraging this by embedding malicious software into Android device firmware. Attackers are now embedding a sophisticated multi-stage loader directly into device firmware. oat ) located in the same directory.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

But last week, Barracuda took the highly unusual step of offering to replace compromised ESGs , evidently in response to malware that altered the systems in such a fundamental way that they could no longer be secured remotely with software updates. “Patch your #Fortigate.”

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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. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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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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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Embedded applications are some of the most prolific software out there in the world. 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? Non-x86 processor architecture. Introduction.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Embedded applications are some of the most prolific software out there in the world. 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? Non-x86 processor architecture. Extracting Firmware.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 27, 2023

Typical applications include green IIoT technologies like charging stations, smart meters, and PV inverters, for which only a small amount of memory is required to run boot software or to communicate with cloud applications. They also guarantee 100% data security. specifications and is fully backward compatible.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Controllers are configured and programmed using engineering software – EcoStruxure™ Control Expert (Unity Pro), EcoStruxure™ Process Expert, etc. UMAS is based on a client-server architecture. UMAS also inherits the Modbus client-server architecture. In firmware versions prior to 2.7 UMAS protocol.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-In uses VBS to isolate biometric software, and to create secure pathways to external components like the camera and TPM. United Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). Windows 11 comes ready to embrace the impressively-named Pluton TPM architecture. Trusted Platform Module 2.0 (TPM

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SC Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

With IoT, we first need a way to do software updates, because if a vulnerability is discovered, you need to be able to push out updated non-vulnerable software. 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,

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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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Kali Linux

MARCH 18, 2025

Our default desktop environment, Xfce, has also had a minor software bump from 4.18 Raspberry Pi There has been various Raspberry Pi image changes for 2025.1a: A newer package, raspi-firmware , is now being used. We now use the same raspi-firmware package as Raspberry Pi OS. And our favorite new addition from KDE?

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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. NIST : [link] CVSv3 : 6.5

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 14, 2019

Trend Micro is among the top five endpoint security vendors who’ve been in the battle since the earliest iterations of antivirus software, more than three decades ago. I met with Kevin Simzer, for instance, Trend Micro’s chief operating officer. The company has evolved far beyond those days.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

NSO Group’s Pegasus software has been routinely in the headlines in recent years for using zero-click attacks to install its spyware. The software has exploited zero-day vulnerabilities and unpatched flaws in software, most of the time unknown by the victims and companies. NSO’s Business Model Spreads.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

includes several new flaws, including: Vulnerability Affected software CVE-2017-17105 Zivif PR115-204-P-RS CVE-2019-10655 Grandstream CVE-2020-25223 WebAdmin of Sophos SG UTM CVE-2021-42013 Apache CVE-2022-31137 Roxy-WI CVE-2022-33891 Apache Spark ZSL-2022-5717 MiniDVBLinux. “Since the release of Zerobot 1.1,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2022

“The APT actors’ tools have a modular architecture and enable cyber actors to conduct highly automated exploits against targeted devices. . “The APT actors’ tools have a modular architecture and enable cyber actors to conduct highly automated exploits against targeted devices. Enforce principle of least privilege.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Vital defense strategies include timely patching and updating of software, as well as locking down network access with multifactor authentication (MFA) and privileged access management (PAM) solutions. Accordingly, organizations should expect an increase in phishing campaigns. Supply chain attacks will intensify.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

The development of software-defined wide area networking ( SD-WAN ) has given enterprise administrators flexibility akin to virtualization to manage distributed networks and users globally. The CloudGen WAN is a global SASE service built on Azure; meanwhile, the CloudGen Firewall offers an advanced firewall for today’s hybrid workloads.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2023

Third-party vendor systems include Operating Systems (OS), firmware (software installed on hardware), and applications. Patch management seeks to maintain IT equipment in optimal condition and add features when available through the acquisition, testing, and application of third-party software updates (aka: patches).

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It usually exploits unpatched and unknown flaws in software (“ zero day ” threats) so there’s no protection or forensic measure possible. You may have heard about the Pegasus software created by the NSO Group. REST is a standardized client-server architecture for APIs where resources can be fetched at specific URLs.

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Pen Test Partners

JULY 31, 2024

Bootloaders explained In its simplest form, a bootloader is a low-level software program that initialises the required hardware components and loads the operating system when the device is powered on. A bootloader is typically the first piece of software that runs on a device when it is powered on.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 12, 2023

Vulnerability management relies on accurate lists of existing systems, software, connections, and security. Related systems, software, and processes should also be noted for the vulnerability. In some cases a mitigation may render a system unusable or cause cascading problems to other IT systems or software.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

Additionally, many auto manufacturers now have the ability to remotely update software to fix vulnerabilities or even upgrade functionality. For instance, running heavy software-based agents just isn’t an option in an embedded pacemaker or insulin pump device. weak cryptography, software bugs, malware, etc.). Edge Devices.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2021

The internet of things (IoT) describes the network of interconnected devices embedded with sensors, software, or other technology that exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet. . Furthermore, to fully secure IoT devices, you need to address both hardware and software. . Device security brings its own difficulties.

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Google Security

MARCH 12, 2021

We've confirmed that this proof-of-concept, or its variants, function across a variety of operating systems, processor architectures, and hardware generations. In 2019, the team responsible for V8, Chrome’s JavaScript engine, published a blog post and whitepaper concluding that such attacks can’t be reliably mitigated at the software level.

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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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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 20, 2022

Linux is widely used in web servers and cloud infrastructure, but the open-source software also is broadly adopted in mobile and IoT devices due to its scalability, performance and security. Many require firmware updates rather than use such tools as yum or apt for patching, adding that users can’t deploy endpoint protection on most of them.

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Kali Linux

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Introducing the Micro Mirror Free Software CDN With this latest release of Kali Linux, our network of community mirrors grew much stronger, thanks to the help of the Micro Mirror CDN! Last month we replied to a long-forgotten email from Kenneth Finnegan from the FCIX Software Mirror. The summary of the changelog since the 2023.4

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2022

This attack relies on a client-server architecture and consists of using other protocols such as TCP or SSH to tunnel malware through DNS requests. Using free software such as Wireshark , it’s relatively easy to capture data, including sensitive operations and all internet traffic. DNS tunneling. It relies on a new port (e.g.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

An ICS consists of hardware and software systems that monitor and control industrial equipment and processes. DCS integrates both hardware and software for process control and monitoring. Patch management: Keeping software and firmware up to date to close security gaps.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2022

There are 20,000 or more new software and hardware vulnerabilities every year, yet only a few hundred might be actively exploited. VMaaS is a way to deliver these services via the cloud rather than downloading and running on-premises software. That process can be overwhelming. What is Vulnerability Management as a Service?

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