Ngioweb Botnet Fuels NSOCKS Residential Proxy Network Exploiting IoT Devices

The malware known as Ngioweb has been used to fuel a notorious residential proxy service called NSOCKS, as well as by other services such as VN5Socks and Shopsocks5, new findings from Lumen Technologies reveal. "At least 80% of NSOCKS bots in our telemetry originate from the Ngioweb botnet, mainl...

Inside Water Barghest’s Rapid Exploit-to-Market Strategy for IoT Devices

In this blog entry, we discuss Water Barghest's exploitation of IoT devices, transforming them into profitable assets through advanced automation and monetization techniques...

OvrC Platform Vulnerabilities Expose IoT Devices to Remote Attacks and Code Execution

A security analysis of the OvrC cloud platform has uncovered 10 vulnerabilities that could be chained to allow potential attackers to execute code remotely on connected devices. "Attackers successfully exploiting these vulnerabilities can access, control, and disrupt devices supported by OvrC; so...

AndroxGh0st Malware Integrates Mozi Botnet to Target IoT and Cloud Services

The threat actors behind the AndroxGh0st malware are now exploiting a broader set of security flaws impacting various internet-facing applications, while also deploying the Mozi botnet malware. "This botnet utilizes remote code execution and credential-stealing methods to maintain persistent...

Androxgh0st Botnet Integrates Mozi, Expands Attacks on IoT Vulnerabilities

CloudSEK reports that the Androxgh0st botnet has integrated with the Mozi botnet and exploits a wide range of…...

Espressif ESP-IDF 安全漏洞

Espressif ESP-IDF is an Internet of Things IoT development framework from China Loxin Espressif. A security vulnerability exists in Espressif ESP-IDF version 5.3.0, which originates from allowing an attacker to cause a denial of service via specially crafted data channel packets...

IoT Devices in Password-Spraying Botnet

Microsoft is warning Azure cloud users that a Chinese controlled botnet is engaging in "highly evasive" password spraying. Not sure about the "highly evasive" part; the techniques seem basically what you get in a distributed password-guessing attack: "Any threat actor using the CovertNetwork-1658...

CVE-2024-10523

This vulnerability exists in TP-Link IoT Smart Hub due to storage of Wi-Fi credentials in plain text within the device firmware. An attacker with physical access could exploit this by extracting the firmware and analyzing the binary data to obtain the Wi-Fi credentials stored on the vulnerable...

CVE-2024-10523

This vulnerability exists in TP-Link IoT Smart Hub due to storage of Wi-Fi credentials in plain text within the device firmware. An attacker with physical access could exploit this by extracting the firmware and analyzing the binary data to obtain the Wi-Fi credentials stored on the vulnerable...

CVE-2024-10523

CVE-2024-10523 affects TP-Link IoT Smart Hub. Root cause: storage of Wi‑Fi credentials in plaintext in the device firmware, enabling credential extraction by analyzing the firmware if an attacker has physical access. Impact: disclosure of Wi‑Fi credentials stored on the vulnerable device. Exploit...

CVE-2024-10523 Information Disclosure Vulnerability in TP-Link IoT Smart Hub

This vulnerability exists in TP-Link IoT Smart Hub due to storage of Wi-Fi credentials in plain text within the device firmware. An attacker with physical access could exploit this by extracting the firmware and analyzing the binary data to obtain the Wi-Fi credentials stored on the vulnerable...

CVE-2024-10523 Information Disclosure Vulnerability in TP-Link IoT Smart Hub

This vulnerability exists in TP-Link IoT Smart Hub due to storage of Wi-Fi credentials in plain text within the device firmware. An attacker with physical access could exploit this by extracting the firmware and analyzing the binary data to obtain the Wi-Fi credentials stored on the vulnerable...

CVE-2024-10523: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

This vulnerability exists in TP-Link IoT Smart Hub due to storage of Wi-Fi credentials in plain text within the device firmware. An attacker with physical access could exploit this by extracting the firmware and analyzing the binary data to obtain the Wi-Fi credentials stored on the vulnerable...

TP-LINK IoT Smart Hub 安全漏洞

TP-LINK IoT Smart Hub is a series of smart hubs from China's Universal Link TP-LINK. A security vulnerability exists in TP-LINK IoT Smart Hub versions prior to 1.5.22, which originates from storing Wi-Fi credentials in plaintext within the device's firmware, which allows an attacker to extract th...

Root Access for Data Control: A DEF CON IoT Village Story

Every year, Rapid7 is a presenter at DEF CON’s IoT Village, sharing in-depth insight and expertise into the hacking of all things Internet of Things. This year, our perennial IoT hacking presenter, Principal Security Researcher, IoT, Deral Heiland, along with Rapid7 pentest team members, showed...

More Details on Israel Sabotaging Hezbollah Pagers and Walkie-Talkies

The Washington Post has a long and detailed story about the operation that's well worth reading alternate version here. The sales pitch came from a marketing official trusted by Hezbollah with links to Apollo. The marketing official, a woman whose identity and nationality officials declined to...

CVE-2024-47943

The firmware upgrade function in the admin web interface of the Rittal IoT Interface & CMC III Processing Unit devices checks if the patch files are signed before executing the containing run.sh script. The signing process is kind of an HMAC with a long string as key which is hard-coded in the...

CVE-2024-47943 Improper signature verification of firmware upgrade files

The firmware upgrade function in the admin web interface of the Rittal IoT Interface & CMC III Processing Unit devices checks if the patch files are signed before executing the containing run.sh script. The signing process is kind of an HMAC with a long string as key which is hard-coded in the...

CVE-2024-47943

The Rittal IoT Interface & CMC III Processing Unit (versions prior to 6.21.00.2 ) contains a vulnerability in its admin web interface firmware upgrade function. The system checks for a cryptographic signature on patch files before executing the included run.sh script; however, the signing process...

CVE-2024-47943 Improper signature verification of firmware upgrade files

The firmware upgrade function in the admin web interface of the Rittal IoT Interface & CMC III Processing Unit devices checks if the patch files are signed before executing the containing run.sh script. The signing process is kind of an HMAC with a long string as key which is hard-coded in the...