Millions of Unpatched IoT, OT Devices Threaten Critical Infrastructure

Thousands of organizations remain at risk from the URGENT/11 and CDPwn collections of vulnerabilities, which affect operational technology OT gear and internet of things IoT, respectively. Unfortunately, there has been a rampant lack of patching, researchers said. According to researchers at Armi...

Wormable Gitpaste-12 Botnet Returns to Target Linux Servers, IoT Devices

A new wormable botnet that spreads via GitHub and Pastebin to install cryptocurrency miners and backdoors on target systems has returned with expanded capabilities to compromise web applications, IP cameras, and routers. Early last month, researchers from Juniper Threat Labs documented a...

Siemens USA CISO: 3 essentials to look for in a cloud provider

In the latest episode of my series, The Shiproom, I spoke with Kurt John, Chief Cybersecurity Officer CISO at Siemens USA. Kurt is listed in Security Magazine’s Top 10 most influential cybersecurity leaders, and he also serves on a special cybersecurity committee organized by the...

Siemens USA CISO: 3 essentials to look for in a cloud provider

In the latest episode of my series, The Shiproom, I spoke with Kurt John, Chief Cybersecurity Officer CISO at Siemens USA. Kurt is listed in Security Magazine’s Top 10 most influential cybersecurity leaders, and he also serves on a special cybersecurity committee organized by the...

Governance Considerations for Democratizing Your Organization's Data in 2021

With the continuing rise of IoT devices, mobile networks, and digital channels, companies face a lot of pressure to generate meaningful and actionable insights from the wealth of data they capture. Gartner Research lists data democratization as one of the top strategic technology trends to watch...

Amnesia:33 — Critical TCP/IP Flaws Affect Millions of IoT Devices

Cybersecurity researchers disclosed a dozen new flaws in multiple widely-used embedded TCP/IP stacks impacting millions of devices ranging from networking equipment and medical devices to industrial control systems that could be exploited by an attacker to take control of a vulnerable system...

'Amnesia:33' TCP/IP Flaws Affect Millions of IoT Devices

Researchers – as well as the U.S. Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency CISA – are warning of a set of serious vulnerabilities affecting TCP/IP stacks. The flaws impact millions of internet-of-things IoT devices and embedded systems, including smart thermometers, smart plugs and printers...

Critical Flaws in Millions of IoT Devices May Never Get Fixed

Amnesia:33 is the latest in a long line of vulnerabilities that affect countless embedded devices...

Amnesia:33

Amnesia:33 is a group of 33 vulnerabilities in open-source TCP/IP stack libraries. The vulnerabilities may be present in a wide range of operational technology, IoT, and connected device implementations. Recent assessments: ccondon-r7 at December 08, 2020 9:05pm UTC reported: Sorta relying here o...

Multiple Qualcomm Products Input Validation Error Vulnerability

A Qualcomm chip is a chip from Qualcomm Incorporated USA. It is a way of miniaturizing circuits mainly semiconductor devices, but also passive components, etc. and is often fabricated on the surface of semiconductor wafers. An input validation error vulnerability exists in multiple Qualcomm...

Buffer Error Vulnerability in Multiple Qualcomm Products

A Qualcomm chip is a chip from Qualcomm Incorporated USA. a way of miniaturizing circuits mainly semiconductor devices, but also passive components, etc. and is manufactured from time to time on the surface of semiconductor wafers. A buffer error vulnerability exists in multiple Qualcomm products...

Embedded TCP/IP stacks have memory corruption vulnerabilities

Overview Multiple open-source embedded TCP/IP stacks, commonly used in Internet of Things IoT and embedded devices, have several vulnerabilities stemming from improper memory management. These vulnerabilities are also tracked as ICS-VU-633937 and JVNVU96491057 as well as the name AMNESIA:33...

Researchers call for a determined path to cybersecurity

Despite our continuous research efforts to detect cyberattacks and enable defense, we often feel that we, as members of a global community, are failing to achieve an adequate level of cybersecurity. This is threatening the proper development and use of information technologies and digital assets,...

Unauthorized Access Vulnerability in CMCC Tietong Yu Router

Yu Route is an IoT router. An unauthorized access vulnerability exists in CMRT Yu Router, which can be exploited by attackers to access sensitive information and perform operations...

The vulnerability of the REST API interface of the Cisco IoT Field Network Director software, which allows a hacker to access the internal database of the vulnerable device.

The vulnerability of the REST API interface of the Cisco IoT Field Network Director software management tool is related to the lack of security measures for SQL query structures. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker, operating remotely, to gain access to the internal database of th...

The vulnerability of the Cisco IoT Field Network Director software interface allows a perpetrator to gain unauthorized access to protected information.

The vulnerability of the Cisco IoT Field Network Director software interface lies in the absence of a authentication mechanism for accessing the database. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to gain unauthorized access to protected information through specially crafted requests...

The vulnerability of the SOAP API interface of the Cisco IoT Field Network Director software, which allows a malicious individual to gain unauthorized access to protected information.

The vulnerability of the SOAP API interface of the Cisco IoT Field Network Director software solution is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker, operating remotely, to gain unauthorized access to protected information through specially...

Conti Gang Hits IoT Chipmaker Advantech with $14M Ransom Demand

Advantech, the chip manufacturer, has confirmed that it received a ransom note from a Conti ransomware operation on Nov. 26 demanding 750 Bitcoin, which translates into about $14 million, to decrypt compromised files and delete the data they stole. Just to let Advantech know they weren’t bluffing...

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...

Cybersecurity Predictions for 2021: Robot Overlords No, Connected Car Hacks Yes

Predicting the future is always an iffy proposition. There’s the Nostradamus route, making predictions so cryptic and vague they could mean just about anything. Or you can go the TV psychic route and throw a handful of darts at the wall, highlighting the ones that stick and hope everyone ignores...