CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Security researchers have found a way to extract a global encryption key that was hardcoded in the CPUs of several Siemens programmable logic controller (PLC) product lines, allowing them to compromise their secure communications and authentication. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2022

Two teams of researchers have revealed vulnerabilities this week in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) implementations and bootloaders that could allow attackers to defeat the secure boot defenses of modern PCs and deploy highly persistent rootkits. To read this article in full, please click here

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SecureList

JUNE 11, 2024

This article touches on biometric scanner security from the red team’s perspective and uses the example of a popular hybrid terminal model to demonstrate approaches to scanner analysis. The article will prove useful for both security researchers and architects. Yet, biometric scanners, as any other tech, have their weaknesses.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2020

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

With this article I wanna bring more light regarding: Which are the differences between C-U0007 & C-U0012 How to Build USBsamurai with a C-U0012 How to flash the C-U0012 with the LIGHTSPEED Firmware How to Flash the C-U0007 with the G700 firmware to achieve better performances and get the Air-Gap Bypass feature How to setup LOGITacker.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here.

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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.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 3, 2023

To protect against those threats, a Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption protocol is recommended. WPA2 is a security protocol that secures wireless networks using the advanced encryption standard (AES). WEP and WPA are both under 4%, while WPA2 commands a 73% share of known wireless encryption connections.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Use the administrator account only for maintenance, software installation, or firmware updates. Attention should be paid to protecting routers and updating their firmware. While OS updates are now commonly practiced, router firmware updates remain an overlooked aspect. Opt for strong, hard-to-crack passwords.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It comes equipped with a built-in TOR network tunnel for communication with command servers, along with update and delivery functionality through trusted services such as GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket, all using custom encrypted archives. It spread quietly, allowing it to avoid detection by most security solutions.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2018

CVE-2018-18472 – XXE and Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution in Axentra Hipserv NAS firmware. . It’s used in different devices from different vendors, the affected devices sharing the firmware are: Netgear Stora. The company provides a firmware with a web interface that mainly uses PHP as a serverside language.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 13, 2022

But on April 11, NGINX responded with an article saying that after investigating the issue, it had found it only affects reference implementations. All we learned on Twitter was that a new zero-day vulnerability in the NGINX web server existed and had been publicly revealed. And we have rounded up some additional advice.

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 7, 2024

This article delves into the importance of IPL in cybersecurity , how it’s being utilized in 2024, and how professionals and organizations alike can leverage it to create more secure environments. Firmware Integrity Checks: Firmware sits between the hardware and software, making it an attractive target for attackers.

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SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

The attackers were able to bypass this hardware-based security protection using another hardware feature of Apple-designed SoCs (System on a Chip): they did this by writing the data, destination address and data hash to unknown hardware registers of the chip that are not used by the firmware. You can read the full analysis here.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. We are in the final !

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! We are in the final ! ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2022

In the context of this article we will use the term satellite for a machine that is launched into space and moves around Earth. And it wasn’t until the end of 2016, that AT&T encrypted NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN), after a report on how to hack into the Mars Rover appeared on the Internet. Recommendations.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

This article looks at the top SD-WAN vendors for enterprise security and how each is addressing exposure through built-in security functionality or integrated capabilities. Networking specialists like Cisco and HPE’s Aruba are moving deeper into security. Features: Cisco SD-WAN. Features: Juniper Session Smart Routers and SASE.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

This article will briefly outline the types of security needed to secure a network. Secure Browsing Access: Connections between users and the internet often will be encrypted using HTTPS connections, making inspection difficult or operationally burdensome for firewalls and other monitoring.

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Pen Test Partners

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

All of these used the firmwares common USB interface and the rkflashtools project. This has been described a few times in different articles , but is dependent on the MCU and the miniloader in use. In the past, before Android had disk or file encryption, this protocol had been used to extract data from tablets.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

A VPN provides a secure internet connection, ensuring your browsing data is encrypted for maximum privacy and security. Most manufacturers of IoT enabled devices update their firmware frequently. VPNs are the baseline cybersecurity tool to safeguard internet-enabled devices and a home network. Update, Update, Update.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

These one, three, and five year subscriptions provide enhanced support for the hardware, firmware maintenance, security updates, and optional participation in early-release firmware updates. That article explains the overall ranking, and here we provide details specific to Barracuda SecureEdge: Overall Rating: 3.81/5

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LRQA Nettitude Labs

APRIL 19, 2023

This article will focus on using a LoRa to create a side channel using a public LoRa infrastructure. This article will look at using a public LoRa cloud service to simplify this method to the reader. Features of LoRa include media access controls and the encryption transmissions. pdf documentation via Dropbox.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

This article looks at the security functionality of SD-WAN solutions and how to bolster SD-WAN cybersecurity. Encrypting Data in Transit. Many software-defined networking solutions (SDN) have built-in 128- and 256-bit AES encryption and IPsec-based VPN capabilities. Jump ahead for a technical review on SD-WAN.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

This article details two major findings from the report: five major cybersecurity threats and prioritization problems. Ransomware & Data Theft Organizations worldwide continue to feel the pain of ransomware attacks, although many ransomware gangs may be shifting to extortion over data theft instead of encrypted data.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In this article, we will review the past year’s trends to see which of our 2023 predictions have come true, and try to predict what is to come in 2024. However, instead of encrypting the data, it purposefully destroyed it in the affected systems. A review of last year’s predictions 1.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 18, 2023

Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) APTs typically employ advanced, stealthy techniques for stealing data, such as splitting it into small packets, encrypting it, or sending it out during normal business hours to blend in with regular traffic. The majority of these groups have ties to China, Russia, and Iran.

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Cytelligence

MARCH 3, 2023

In this article, we will discuss several steps that you can take to safeguard your business from cyber-attacks. Additionally, encrypting your sensitive data can help prevent hackers from gaining access to your information. From small businesses to large corporations, no company is safe from a cyber attack.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

In the article below, I highlight recommendations from key security standards, including the most recent state and federal laws passed to help school districts navigate compliance requirements, all while ensuring students, staff, devices, and data are safe. Keep all operating systems, software, and firmware up to date.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This article dives into the lexicon of malware, offering descriptions, protections, and examples of each. As you browse the myriad of malicious software featured in this article, we offer tips for how best to defend against each type. As a term, crimeware encompasses much of the malware types listed in this article.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 15, 2022

“Based on our investigation, the group is successful in their activities, and such tactics may generate a new trend in Dark Web for access brokers, especially, in post-pandemic times and increase of geopolitical tensions globally,” noted Christian Lees, CTO of Resecurity, Inc in an article for Security Affairs. But first things first.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 8, 2022

Certainly no one uses 40 bit encryption anymore. The phone key then understands that message and encrypts it back to the sender to the vehicle with that secret key, the car and the phone have that challenge token and only then the car would unlock. It's using device encryption and it's pretty good protected. It's I like it.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

And so I ended up reverse engineering that and winning the challenge and so there's some articles online about that. I was reading some articles and there was this and so there were all these questions being asked to these power companies and providers like hey, where did you choose to turn off power? Something security with the grid.

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SecureList

MAY 10, 2021

Vulnerable devices were either misconfigured or missing the latest firmware version with the required settings. At the same time, ransomware operators, having already started to steal victims’ data before encryption, also turned their eyes on DDoS as an extortion tool.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 2, 2022

Gosh, there must be 20 or more villages at DEFCON if you want to learn radio if you want to learn tampering with seals if you want to learn encryption, if you want to learn you name it. It started because we we would go to conferences and where we read articles and you know magazines or newspapers or whatever.

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Hacker's King

JANUARY 1, 2025

In this article, well walk you through simple, effective steps to reset your router password and strengthen your security. Frequent Resets Needed: This could indicate a firmware issue or security breach. Heres what else you can do: Enable WPA3 Encryption: Use the latest encryption standard for maximum security.

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