Malware in the age of IoT

Now that technology providers are bringing connectivity to a whole host of different items and appliances, the full force of the Internet of Things is beginning to be felt by businesses and consumers alike. From simple items like home routers to more complex, machine-to-machine systems, the IoT i...

Quest KACE System Management Appliance 8.0 (Build 8.0.318) XSS / Traversal / Code Execution / SQL Injection

Core Security - Corelabs Advisory http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/ Quest KACE System Management Appliance Multiple Vulnerabilities 1. Advisory Information Title: Quest KACE System Management Appliance Multiple Vulnerabilities Advisory ID: CORE-2018-0004 Advisory URL:...

Trojan watch

We continue to research how proliferation of IoT devices affects the daily lives of users and their information security. In our previous study, we touched upon ways of intercepting authentication data using single-board microcomputers. This time, we turned out attention to wearable devices:...

Millions of IoT Devices Vulnerable to Z-Wave Downgrade Attacks, Researchers Claim

The popular home automation protocol Z-Wave, used by millions of IoT devices, is vulnerable to a downgrade attack that could allow an adversary to take control of targeted devices, according to researchers. Z-Wave is a wireless protocol used by 2,400 vendors; its wireless chipsets are embedded in...

Z-Wave Downgrade Attack Left Over 100 Million IoT Devices Open to Hackers

Researchers have found that even after having an advanced encryption scheme in place, more than 100 million Internet-of-Things IoT devices from thousands of vendors are vulnerable to a downgrade attack that could allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to your devices. The issue resides in th...

VPNFilter EXIF to C2 mechanism analysed

On May 23 2018, our colleagues from Cisco Talos published their excellent analysis of VPNFilter, an IoT / router malware which exhibits some worrying characteristics. Some of the things which stand out about VPNFilter are: It has a redundant, multi-stage command and control mechanism which uses...

FBI seizes control of a massive botnet that infected over 500,000 routers

Shortly after Cisco's released its early report on a large-scale hacking campaign that infected over half a million routers and network storage devices worldwide, the United States government announced the takedown of a key internet domain used for the attack. Yesterday we reported about a piece ...

VPNFilter Malware Infects 500k Routers Including Linksys, MikroTik, NETGEAR

Malware called VPNFilter has infected 500,000 router brands ranging from Linksys, MikroTik, NETGEAR and TP-Link that are mostly used in home offices. Researchers at Cisco Talos said they decided to warn the public of the threat despite the fact the infected devices and malware are still under...

Researchers unearth a huge botnet army of 500,000 hacked routers

More than half a million routers and storage devices in dozens of countries have been infected with a piece of highly sophisticated IoT botnet malware, likely designed by Russia-baked state-sponsored group. Cisco's Talos cyber intelligence unit have discovered an advanced piece of IoT botnet...

Hackers are exploiting a new zero-day flaw in GPON routers

Even after being aware of various active cyber attacks against the GPON Wi-Fi routers, if you haven't yet taken them off the Internet, then be careful—because a new botnet has joined the GPON party, which is exploiting an undisclosed zero-day vulnerability in the wild. Security researchers from...

Parrot Security 4.0 - Security GNU/Linux Distribution Designed with Cloud Pentesting and IoT Security in Mind

Parrot 4.0 is now available for download. The development process of this version required a lot of time, and many important updates make this release an important milestone in the history of our project. This release includes all the updated packages and bug fixes released since the last version...

I know where your pet is

Kaspersky Lab's many years of cyberthreat research would suggest that any device with access to the Internet will inevitably be hacked. In recent years, we have seen hacked toys, kettles, cameras, and irons. It would seem that no gadget has escaped the attention of hackers, yet there is one last...

Wicked Botnet Uses Passel of Exploits to Target IoT

Yet another variant of the Mirai botnet has appeared on the scene, but this one has a twist: The code is integrated with at least three exploits that target unpatched IoT devices, including closed-circuit cameras and Netgear routers. It also has ties to a web of other botnets, made for DDoS...

The Logitech smart home management system, the Logitech Harmony Hub vulnerability analysis-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

! Recently, fireeye Mandiant Red Team team found that the Logitech smart IOT home management system the Logitech Harmony Hub, the presence of a plurality of available vulnerability, an attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to bypass system restrictions, through SSH access to the device Syste...

This Week in Security News: Hackers and Cyber Attackers

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, Chili’s parent company – Brinker International – announced that consumer credit and debit card information had been compromised at some...

DLINK DCS-5020L wireless cloud camera remote code execution vulnerability analysis-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

This article is mainly to demonstrate, how to find IOT device vulnerability. Look for the following commands of the injection process can be divided into 3 steps, somewhat similar to the 100 point CTF challenge: download the binary file, run the string, the tracking system calls to the origin of...

Podcast: The Evolution of Deception Technology

Deception technology is an emerging category of cyber defense that is particularly useful when it comes to IoT devices, SCADA systems and medical devices. Threatpost talks to Tony Cole, CTO of Attivo Networks, about how deception technology has evolved, the challenges behind and opportunities of...

Cross site request forgery (csrf)

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IoT Field Network Director IoT-FND could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery CSRF attack and alter the data of existing users and groups on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to...

CVE-2018-0270

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IoT Field Network Director IoT-FND could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery CSRF attack and alter the data of existing users and groups on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to...

CVE-2018-0270

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IoT Field Network Director IoT-FND could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery CSRF attack and alter the data of existing users and groups on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to...