HaXmas Hardware Hacking

Usually, when you read an IoT hacking report or blog post, it ends with something along the lines of, "and that's how I got root," or "and there was a secret backdoor credential," or "and every device in the field uses the same S3 bucket with no authentication." You know, something bad, and the...

A week in security (November 23 – November 29)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we talked with Chris Boyd about charities that track you online. We also looked back at Zoom, and wondered whether its any safer months after its first vulnerability was reported. We talked about how Apples security is hampering the detection of potentially unwante...

FBI: Ring Smart Doorbells Could Sabotage Cops

The FBI is worried that Ring doorbell owners can use footage collected from their smart devices to keep tabs on police, newly uncovered documents show. The documents – a 2019 Technical Analysis Bulletin from the FBI – was spotted by The Intercept in the BlueLeaks database, a trove of 270 gigabyte...

Chasing doorbells: Finding IoT vulnerabilities in embedded devices

The goal of this research project was to see if we could find any vulnerabilities and obtain full persistence on an IoT device, while learning about embedded devices in general. This post will take you through our journey to find vulnerabilities in a common, reasonably priced IoT device. For our...

Ring Doorbell App for Android Caught Sharing User Data with Facebook, Data-Miners

UPDATE Amazon’s Ring Doorbell app for Android is a nexus for data-harvesting, according to an investigation by the Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF. Privacy advocates allege Ring goes so far as to silently deliver updates on Ring customer usage to Facebook, even if the Ring owner doesn’t have a...

This Week in Security News: APT33 Botnets Used for Extreme Narrow Targeting and Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday Arrives with A Patch for An IE Zero-Day

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about the APT33 threat group that is using live C&C servers for extremely narrow targeting. Also, read about Trend Micro’s complete...

Huge Data Leak Doxes Members of Notorious Neo-Nazi Forum

Apple Mail encryption, Ring doorbell Wi-Fi, and more of the week's top security news...

This Week in Security News: Amazon Echo Hacked at Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 and Ransomware Attacks Hit Spanish Companies

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about a ransomware that is attacking Spanish companies and how nearly 50 adware apps were found on Google Play. Also, read about how a...

Amazon Fixes Ring Video Doorbell Flaw That Leaked Wi-Fi Credentials

UPDATE Amazon has patched a vulnerability in its Ring smart doorbell device that could allow attackers to access the owner’s Wi-Fi network credentials and potentially reconfigure the device to launch an attack on the home network, researchers have found. Researchers discovered the problem in...

Unspecified Vulnerability in Amazon Ring Video Doorbell

Amazon Ring Video Doorbell is a smart wireless home security doorbell camera that allows users to use to remotely control their doorbell. The Amazon Ring Video Doorbell suffers from a security vulnerability that stems from information shared between the application and the doorbell, including Wi-...

Amazon's Ring Video Doorbell Lets Attackers Steal Your Wi-Fi Password

Security researchers at Bitdefender have discovered a high-severity security vulnerability in Amazon's Ring Video Doorbell Pro devices that could allow nearby attackers to steal your WiFi password and launch a variety of cyberattacks using MitM against other devices connected to the same network...

Amazon's Ring Video Doorbell Lets Attackers Steal Your Wi-Fi Password

Security researchers at Bitdefender have discovered a high-severity security vulnerability in Amazon's Ring Video Doorbell Pro devices that could allow nearby attackers to steal your WiFi password and launch a variety of cyberattacks using MitM against other devices connected to the same network...

CVE-2019-13336

The dbell Wi-Fi Smart Video Doorbell DB01-S Gen 1 allows remote attackers to launch commands with no authentication verification via TCP port 81, because the loginuse and loginpass parameters to openlock.cgi can have arbitrary values. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this product reached end o...

Authentication flaw

The dbell Wi-Fi Smart Video Doorbell DB01-S Gen 1 allows remote attackers to launch commands with no authentication verification via TCP port 81, because the loginuse and loginpass parameters to openlock.cgi can have arbitrary values. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this product reached end o...

CVE-2019-13336

The dbell Wi-Fi Smart Video Doorbell DB01-S Gen 1 allows remote attackers to launch commands with no authentication verification via TCP port 81, because the loginuse and loginpass parameters to openlock.cgi can have arbitrary values. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this product reached end o...

CVE-2019-13336

The CVE-2019-13336 issue affects the dbell Wi‑Fi Smart Video Doorbell DB01‑S Gen 1. The vulnerability enables remote attackers to execute commands without authentication via TCP port 81 because the loginuse/loginpass values sent to openlock.cgi can be arbitrary. Impact is described in sources as ...

Cops Are Offering Ring Doorbell Cameras in Exchange for Info

Amazon-owned Ring has cozied up to law enforcement, and critics say it's using police departments to help market its surveillance cameras...

Cyber Security Week in Review (March 1)

Welcome to this week's Cyber Security Week in Review, where Cisco Talos runs down all of the news we think you need to know in the security world. For more news delivered to your inbox every week, sign up for our Threat Source newsletter here. Top headlines this week Drupal patched a “highly...

CVE-2019-9483

Amazon Ring Doorbell before 3.4.7 mishandles encryption, which allows attackers to obtain audio and video data, or insert spoofed video that does not correspond to the actual person at the door...

Design/Logic Flaw

Amazon Ring Doorbell before 3.4.7 mishandles encryption, which allows attackers to obtain audio and video data, or insert spoofed video that does not correspond to the actual person at the door...