Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2020

Hackers target QNAP NAS devices running multiple firmware versions vulnerable to a remote code execution (RCE) flaw addressed by the vendor 3 years ago. QNAP addressed the vulnerability with the release of firmware version 4.3.3 on July 21, 2017. The fix proposed by the vendor replace the function used to run the command strings.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Security researchers provided technical details about an IoT botnet dubbed Ttint that has been exploiting two zero-days in Tenda routers. Security researchers at Netlab, the network security division Qihoo 360, have published a report that details an IoT botnet dubbed Ttint. ” concludes the report.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2024

Authors/Presenters: Tobias Scharnowski, Simon Wörner, Felix Buchmann, Nils Bars, Moritz Schloegel, Thorsten Holz Permalink The post USENIX Security ’23 – Hoedur: Embedded Firmware Fuzzing using Multi-Stream Inputs appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2024

Permalink The post USENIX Security ’23 – Lukas Seidel, Dominik Maier, Marius Muench – Forming Faster Firmware Fuzzers appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 16, 2024

Permalink The post USENIX Security ’23 – Greenhouse: Single-Service Rehosting of Linux-Based Firmware Binaries in User-Space Emulation appeared first on Security Boulevard. Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Anaheim Marriott ; and via the organizations YouTube channel.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 26, 2024

Permalink The post USENIX Security ’23 – UVSCAN: Detecting Third-Party Component Usage Violations in IoT Firmware appeared first on Security Boulevard. Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Anaheim Marriott ; and via the organizations YouTube channel.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2021

SonicWall urges customers to address a post-authentication flaw that affects on-premises versions of the Network Security Manager (NSM). SonicWall urges customers to ‘immediately’ address a post-authentication vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20026 , impacting on-premises versions of the Network Security Manager (NSM).

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 11, 2018

The story behind this request is one of sophisticated malware and unsophisticated home-network security, and it's a harbinger of the sorts of pervasive threats ­ from nation-states, criminals and hackers ­ that we should expect in coming years. Some of these models probably do not even have security patches available.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2023

But depending on what code and data the hackers got access to, the worst-case scenario is that cyber criminals could create malicious firmware — and signed certificates to vouch for its authenticity. As one Slashdot commenter put it , “Everyone should assume that firmware on WD drives cannot be trusted at this point.”

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Malwarebytes

JULY 15, 2021

SonicWall has issued an urgent security notice warning users of unpatched End-Of-Life (EOL) SRA & SMA 8.X The exploitation targets a known vulnerability that has been patched in newer versions of SonicWall firmware. The devices that the security notice mentions are running 8.x x versions of the firmware. x firmware.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Check Point experts discovered a high-severity flaw in Philips Hue Smart Light Bulbs that can be exploited to gain entry into a targeted WiFi network. The bridge discovers the hacker-controlled bulb with updated firmware, and the user adds it back onto their network.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 17, 2025

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 18, 2023

“Cisco has not and will not release firmware updates to address the vulnerabilities described in the advisory for these devices,” the company stated. The researchers say the implant’s firmware-agnostic design could allow it to be integrated into other brands of routers as well.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

ESET acts as a single point of network security management and is available as both a cloud-based or on-premises solution. The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) scanner is a valuable tool for protecting firmware. Notable features.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2025

Moxa warns of two flaws in its routers and security appliances that enable privilege escalation and remote command execution. Moxa addressed privilege escalation and OS command injection vulnerabilities in cellular routers, secure routers, and network security appliances. and earlier EDR-8010 Series Firmware version 3.13.1

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The flaw can only be exploited if the device using the chip has the over-the-air firmware download (OAD) feature enabled. “A vulnerability exists in the firmware of embedded BLE radios that are part of some Aruba access points. ” continues the post. ” reads the advisory published by Aruba. . ” concludes Armis.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2021

The vendor released security updates for all these devices and urges customers to update their installs, it also released mitigations to address the flaws. “GE strongly recommends users with impacted firmware versions update their UR devices to UR firmware Version 8.10, or greater to resolve these vulnerabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Encryption and secure communication protocols: Protecting data in transit between ICS components. Patch management: Keeping software and firmware up to date to close security gaps. Firmware manipulation is particularly dangerous because it often remains undetected until significant damage occurs.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2021

In October last year, experts reported a critical stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-5135 , in SonicWall Network Security Appliance (NSA) appliances. ” reads the post published by Tripwire. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

As you might expect, that company “strongly recommends that you download the latest firmware as soon as possible”. A serious and fresh vulnerability discovered in September led to a notice in November from NETGEAR.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

” To reduce risks, replace unsupported equipment, apply available firmware updates, and keep an accurate IT asset inventory. The fix: Zyxel has published security upgrades , and end users must immediately upgrade impacted devices to the most recent firmware releases. All impacted models must be updated to version 7.00

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

SonicWall is a company that specializes in securing networks. It sells a range of Internet appliances primarily directed at content control and network security, including devices providing services for network firewalls, unified threat management (UTM), virtual private networks (VPNs), and anti-spam for email.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 24, 2022

Mordechai Guri, the head of research and development at the Cyber Security Research Center in the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, named the method ETHERLED and recently disclosed his findings. If malware were installed on the device, it could control the LEDs by blinking and changing colors with firmware commands.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

Last week’s RSA Conference covered a litany of network security vulnerabilities, from developing more robust tokenization policies and to addressing UEFI-based attacks, and non-endpoint attack vectors. From BIOS and firmware to UEFI code, VBOS is an attack vector that requires more attention. Current Target: VBOS.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Networks connect devices to each other so that users can access assets such as applications, data, or even other networks such as the internet. Network security protects and monitors the links and the communications within the network using a combination of hardware, software, and enforced policies.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 24, 2024

Cybersecurity researchers discovered a buffer overflow flaw in Intel Core processor firmware causing Phoenix Technology to release patches. To minimize future vulnerabilities, concerned users should prioritize frequent upgrades and strong security practices for all systems and applications. In versions prior to 11.1.x,

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 14, 2019

Many attacks today begin with a targeted phishing attacks to get a toehold inside a network. Once inside, attacks increasingly deploy so-called ‘fileless” attacks , that come and go only when a certain compromised piece of software – or firmware — is opened in memory. We also have a really broad offering in network security.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2022

Below is the list of protection and recommendations recommended by the researchers: locate the affected products behind the security protection devices and perform a defense-in-depth strategy for network security. Try using secure VPN networks when remote access is required, and perform adequate access control and auditing.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

ESET acts as a single point of network security management and is available as both a cloud-based or on-premises solution. The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) scanner is a valuable tool for protecting firmware. Notable features.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

“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. And how do you vet those firmware updates? There are all kinds of interesting challenges that will need to be sorted out.”.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2021

Why do developers say security is their biggest IoT challenge? The threat landscape for IoT is extremely broad and complex, and it involves both physical device security and network security. Furthermore, to fully secure IoT devices, you need to address both hardware and software. .

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

When multiple devices are interconnected into one network, there is often a vulnerable point in this network—typically, a device with less sophisticated and secure software or firmware.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

The emergence of SD-WAN and SASE technologies bundled together has led many vendors to address both advanced routing and network security vendors for clients. Networking specialists like Cisco and HPE’s Aruba are moving deeper into security. Palo Alto Networks.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 20, 2022

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. If valuable enough data was stored on a Commodore 64 to make it worth a criminal’s while, they’ll drop a zero-day on that, too. IoT devices have made botnets great again,” Bambenek said.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2021

Common in all the affected devices is firmware from Arcadyan, a communications device maker. Vulnerabilities like these highlight the difficulty in assessing network problems, according to Yaniv Bar-Dayan, co-founder and CEO of Vulcan Cyber, a risk remediation firm.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Authentication measures being introduced means unauthorised individuals cannot communicate with the nodes on a Modbus network, which would help mitigate the reconnaissance attacks. In ICS security hardware and firmware tends to be developed protocol-specific, meaning they tend to be incompatible with different or newer protocols.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 10, 2023

While the HYAS researchers may have been wearing white hats, Mandiant researchers this week reported on a “suspected Chinese campaign that involves maintaining long term persistence by running malware on an unpatched SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliance.

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