UK Government gets serious about consumer IoT security. Legislation on the way

The Digital Minister Margot James today announced a concrete mandate for dealing with the slew of insecure IoT dross that has plagued consumers over the last few years. The aim is simple, to ensure that the millions of household items that are connected to the internet are better protected from...

Sony Smart TV Authentication Bypass Information Disclosure (CVE-2019-11336)

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in Sony Smart TV. Successful exploitation could result in the disclosure of sensitive user information...

7 Times Apple Watch Saved Lives

By Uzair Amir Who doesn’t like elegant watches, especially those which could literally save your life, right? There are several types of watches out there such as a divers watch, Mechanical Watch, and Chronograph Watch, etc. but the life saviors lately are powered with smart technology. In this...

Sony Smart TVs Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Sony Smart Tvs are smart TV products from Sony Japan. A log information disclosure vulnerability exists in Sony Smart Tvs. The vulnerability originates from the abnormal output of log files from a networked system or product. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive...

Android-Based Sony Smart-TVs Open to Image Pilfering

Two vulnerabilities in Android-based smart-TVs from Sony, including the flagship Bravia line, could allow attackers to access WiFi passwords and images stored on the devices. The bugs exist in the Photo Sharing Plus feature of Sony smart-TVs going back to 2015. They were uncovered by xen1thLabs i...

Sony Smart TV Information Disclosure / File Read

UNCLASSIFIED ADVISORY INFORMATION TITLE: Multiple vulnerabilities in Sony Smart TVs ADVISORY URL: https://www.darkmatter.ae/blogs/security-flaws-uncovered-in-sony-smart-tvs/ DATE PUBLISHED: 23/04/2019 AFFECTED VENDORS: Sony RELEASE MODE: Coordinated release CVE: CVE-2019-10886, CVE-2019-11336...

Sony Smart TV Information Disclosure / File Read Vulnerabilities

Exploit for hardware platform in category local exploits ADVISORY INFORMATION TITLE: Multiple vulnerabilities in Sony Smart TVs ADVISORY URL: https://www.darkmatter.ae/blogs/security-flaws-uncovered-in-sony-smart-tvs/ DATE PUBLISHED: 23/04/2019 AFFECTED VENDORS: Sony RELEASE MODE: Coordinated...

Security Advisory - FRP Bypass Vulnerability in Huawei Smart Phones

There is Factory Reset Protection FRP bypass security vulnerability in some Huawei smart phones. When re-configuring the mobile phone using the factory reset protection FRP function, an attacker can login the Talkback mode and can perform some operations to access the setting page. As a result, t...

IoT Zero-Days – Is Belkin WeMo Smart Plug the Next Malware Target?

ARCHIVED STORY IoT Zero-Days – Is Belkin WeMo Smart Plug the Next Malware Target? By Steve Povolny · April 18, 2019 Effective malware is typically developed with intention, targeting specific victims using either known or unknown vulnerabilities to achieve its primary functions. In this blog, we...

IoT Zero-Days – Is Belkin WeMo Smart Plug the Next Malware Target?

ARCHIVED STORY IoT Zero-Days – Is Belkin WeMo Smart Plug the Next Malware Target? By Steve Povolny · April 18, 2019 Effective malware is typically developed with intention, targeting specific victims using either known or unknown vulnerabilities to achieve its primary functions. In this blog, we...

[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: gnome-disk-utility-3.32.1-2.fc30

This package contains the Disks and Disk Image Mounter applications. Disks supports partitioning, file system creation, encryption, fstab/crypttab editing, ATA SMART and other features...

Is Your Baby Monitor Susceptible to Hacking?

There’s no doubt that digital technology, in many of its forms, brings everyday tasks much closer-to-hand. From discovering breaking news, to online shopping, to keeping tabs on your home via security cameras—everything is within the touch of a button. Even so, with the growing reach of the...

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Zhikuan Life App

Smart Broadlife app is a broadband assistant app. There are multiple vulnerabilities in Smart Broadband Life App that can be exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive information...

The vulnerability of the Cisco Smart Call Home component for Cisco IOS XE and Cisco IOS operating systems allows attackers to disclose sensitive information that should be protected.

The vulnerability of the Cisco Smart Call Home component for Cisco IOS XE and Cisco IOS exists due to insufficient verification of certificate authenticity. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor, operating remotely, to disclose sensitive information...

How To Make Your Amazon Echo and Google Home as Private as Possible

With news that Amazon lets human employees listen to Alexa recordings, you might want to tighten up your smart assistant ship...

Design/Logic Flaw

SmartDefragDriver.sys 2.0 in IObit Smart Defrag 6 never frees an executable kernel pool that is allocated with user defined bytes and size when IOCTL 0x9C401CC0 is called. This kernel pointer can be leaked if the kernel pool becomes a "big" pool...

CVE-2019-6493

SmartDefragDriver.sys 2.0 in IObit Smart Defrag 6 never frees an executable kernel pool that is allocated with user defined bytes and size when IOCTL 0x9C401CC0 is called. This kernel pointer can be leaked if the kernel pool becomes a "big" pool...

CVE-2019-6493

SmartDefragDriver.sys 2.0 in IObit Smart Defrag 6 never frees an executable kernel pool that is allocated with user defined bytes and size when IOCTL 0x9C401CC0 is called. This kernel pointer can be leaked if the kernel pool becomes a "big" pool...

This Week in Security News: IIoT Threats and Malware Apps

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 security threats directed at smart manufacturing environments. Also, learn why malware installed from the Android app store...

Cisco IOS XE Software Performance Routing Version 3 Denial of Service Vulnerability

According to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS XE Software is affected by following vulnerability - A vulnerability in Performance Routing Version 3 PfRv3 of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the affected device to reload.The vulnerability is due to...