Fails and Fixes with IoT

After nearly 6 years of tearing apart 'internet of things' devices, here's a look at the high level fails that we keep seeing. We're not going to go in to point issues such as Wi-Fi credential leakage and Bluetooth compromise: our blog is littered with those! What are the root issues and what can...

How Will Companies Deploy Industrial IoT Security Solutions?

Industrial IoT IIoT devices will comprise the majority of the billions of IoT devices deployed over the next decade. How will the information security market meet this onslaught of technology? The consumer market is not a useful guide for this analysis. Consumers buy in small quantities and choos...

Compromising vital infrastructure: problems in education security continue

The educational system and many of its elements are targets for cybercriminals on a regular basis. While education is a fundamental human right recognized by the United Nations, the financial means of many schools and other entities in the global educational system are often limited. These limite...

CVE-2019-1010009

DGLogik Inc DGLux Server All Versions is affected by: Insecure Permissions. The impact is: Remote Execution, Credential Leaks. The component is: IoT API. The attack vector is: Any Accessible Server...

Design/Logic Flaw

DGLogik Inc DGLux Server All Versions is affected by: Insecure Permissions. The impact is: Remote Execution, Credential Leaks. The component is: IoT API. The attack vector is: Any Accessible Server...

CVE-2019-1010009

DGLogik Inc DGLux Server All Versions is affected by: Insecure Permissions. The impact is: Remote Execution, Credential Leaks. The component is: IoT API. The attack vector is: Any Accessible Server...

CVE-2019-1010009

CVE-2019-1010009 affects DGLogik DGLux Server All Versions via the IoT API. The root cause described is insecure permissions in the IoT API, enabling remote execution and credential leaks when the server is accessible (attack vector: Any Accessible Server). NVD data shows a high to critical impac...

CVE-2019-1010009: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

DGLogik Inc DGLux Server All Versions is affected by: Insecure Permissions. The impact is: Remote Execution, Credential Leaks. The component is: IoT API. The attack vector is: Any Accessible Server...

PT-2019-11434

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: DGLogik Inc DGLux Server version All Versions Description: The issue concerns insecure permissions, which can lead to remote execution and credential leaks. It affects the IoT API component and can be exploited through any accessible server...

Hacked Hair Straighteners Can Threaten Homes

Researchers have found a way to successfully hack connected hair straighteners to turn them on and increase the heating element up to its maximum temperature—causing a serious fire hazard for unsuspecting owners. Pen Test Partners decided to put the Glamoriser hair straightener through its securi...

Implementing Bug Bounty Programs: The Right and Wrong Approaches

While bug-bounty programs may seem like a cure-all solution for companies looking discover vulnerabilities in their systems more efficiently, the fact remains that a program could overwhelm a firm’s internal security team and cause other major headaches if implemented the wrong way. “You have to...

Docker Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Summary CVE-2018-15664 describes a vulnerability in the Docker runtime and the underlying community project, Moby wherein a malicious/compromised container can acquire full read/write access to the host operating system where that container is running. The vulnerability depends on the way that th...

CVE-2017-8228

Amcrest IPM-721S (V2.420.AC00.16.R.20160909) contains a vulnerability (CVE-2017-8228) where Amcrest cloud verification for adding cameras to a user’s account is insufficient. An attacker who knows a camera’s serial number and the user’s recent reboot window can add another user’s camera to their ...

Related vulnerabilities have now been patched: the Orvibo smart home devices disclosure of user information-bug warning-the black bar safety net

From Orvibo aspect to understand, this relates to the information disclosure of the security vulnerability has now been fixed, and the user information of the protection level, at the same time they also want and professional information security research team into cooperation with the protection...

CVE-2017-11578

It was discovered as a part of the research on IoT devices in the most recent firmware for Blipcare device that the device allows to connect to web management interface on a non-SSL connection using plain text HTTP protocol. The user uses the web management interface of the device to provide the...

Design/Logic Flaw

It was discovered as a part of the research on IoT devices in the most recent firmware for Blipcare device that the device allows to connect to web management interface on a non-SSL connection using plain text HTTP protocol. The user uses the web management interface of the device to provide the...

CVE-2017-11578

CVE-2017-11578 affects the Blipcare wireless blood pressure monitor. The device exposes its web management interface over plain HTTP (non-SSL), allowing an attacker on the same wireless network to conduct a MITM and sniff the user’s Wi‑Fi credentials. The impact is disclosure of credentials witho...

5 Years of Fighting DDoS with the Power of Akamai

Additional analysis and research provided by Principal Architect, Tom Emmons Earlier this year, Akamai celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Prolexic acquisition. The merger was officially completed in February of 2014, and a lot has happened since then. In this post, we want to spend a moment...

A week in security (June 24 – 30)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we peeled back the mystery on an elusive malware campaign that relied on blank JavaScript injections, detailed for readers our latest telemetry on the tricky GreenFlash Sundown exploit, and looked at one of the top campaigns directing traffic toward scareware pages...

Countdown to Black Hat: Top 10 Sessions to Attend — #4

With Black Hat USA 2019 fast approaching, we continue our blog series highlighting training sessions and research briefings that we think Qualys customers will find relevant and valuable. Our pick this week is the training session An Introduction To IoT Pentesting With Linux. The course offers “a...