Hajime ‘Vigilante Botnet’ Growing Rapidly; Hijacks 300,000 IoT Devices Worldwide

Last week, we reported about a so-called 'vigilante hacker' who hacked into at least 10,000 vulnerable 'Internet of Things' devices, such as home routers and Internet-connected cameras, using a botnet malware in order to supposedly secure them. Now, that vigilante hacker has already trapped rough...

Mirai and Hajime Locked Into IoT Botnet Battle

Security experts say a white hat hacker is responsible for the Hajime IoT botnet, which is on a mission to secure IoT devices vulnerable to the notorious Mirai malware. Divergent goals between Mirai and Hajime, experts say, will spark a perpetual back-and-forth between Mirai black hats and a lone...

The 'Audience of You' at NAB

It's all about the "audience of you" as Akamai gears up for next week's 2017 NAB Show in Las Vegas. With that phrase, we're talking about helping to deliver the best possible experiences for each and every OTT video viewer. It's not an easy thing to do, but we're demonstrating a host of new...

4 ways mobile devices still threaten your business

Mobile devices have been commonly used in corporate environments for decades - bulky portable telephones, heavy laptops and PDAs. Then along came Apple and the smartphone, and soon everyone either had personal smartphone or expected their employers to provide one. Since then, enterprise mobility...

Rapid7 urges NIST and NTIA to promote coordinated disclosure processes

Rapid7 has long been a champion of coordinated vulnerability disclosure and handling processes as they play a critical role in both strengthening risk management practices and protecting security researchers. We not only use coordinated disclosure processes in our own vulnerability disclosure and...

To Protect Your Devices, A Hacker Wants to Hack You Before Someone Else Does

It should be noted that hacking a system for unauthorised access that does not belong to you is an illegal practice, no matter what's the actual intention behind it. Now I am pointing out this because reportedly someone, who has been labeled as a 'vigilante hacker' by media, is hacking into...

Bosch automotive Drivelog Connector dongle remote vulnerability analysis-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

In this article, we will be on the Argus research team at Bosch Drivelog Connect BOD-II adapter in the discovery of the vulnerability is discussed in detail. Note that this vulnerability would allow an attacker to by Drivelog platform to stop a running car engine. According to the Argus of the...

On Baseband Vulnerabilities, SIEMs, Samsung Tizen and More

Mike Mimoso, Tom Spring, and Chris Brook recap two conferences from last week: Infiltrate Con in Miami and Kaspersky Lab’s Security Analyst Summit in St. Maarten. A baseband vulnerability, SIEMs, vulnerabilities in Samsung’s Tizen operating system, and an IoT honeypot are discussed. Download:...

Stories From Two Years in an IoT Honeypot

SINT MAARTEN—Curious just how susceptible some of the more vulnerable IoT devices are, a researcher set up a series of honeypots at his friends’ houses to record traffic, exploit attempts and other statistics. Dan Demeter, a junior security researcher with Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and...

XiongMai uc-http 1.0.0 Local File Inclusion / Directory Traversal

uc-httpd is an HTTP daemon used by a wide array of IoT devices and is vulnerable to local file inclusion and directory traversal bugs. +---------------------------------------------------------+ | Vulnerable Software: uc-httpd | | Vendor: XiongMai Technologies | | Vulnerability Type: LFI, Directo...

XiongMai uc-http 1.0.0 Local File Inclusion / Directory Traversal

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Based on BLE IoT smart bulb security vulnerability exploit-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Currently the IOT and intelligent devices has become increasingly popular, and when we talk about the Internet of things, the first thought is often the smart home. Smart home usually involves a variety of devices, including smart refrigerators, smart light bulbs, a power adapter, a kettle, a...

Travel Routers, NAS Devices Among Easily Hacked IoT Devices

SINT MAARTEN—A researcher only needed 20 minutes last week to explain just how hopelessly broken some of the more popular Internet of Things devices on the market these days are. Jan Hoersch, an IT security consultant at Securai GmbH, a small pen-testing firm based in Munich, described...

Baseband Zero Day Exposes Millions of Mobile Phones to Attack

MIAMI—A previously undisclosed baseband vulnerability impacting Huawei smartphones, laptop WWAN modules and IoT components was revealed Thursday at the Infiltrate Conference by researcher Ralf-Phillip Weinmann, managing director at security firm Comsecuris. In one attack scenario, the vulnerabili...

Intellinet NFC-30IR Camera - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Bitcrack Cyber Security - BitLabs Advisory http://www.bitcrack.net Multiple Vulnerabilities in Intellinet NFC-30IR Network Cameras ADVISORY -------- Title: Local File Inclusion in CGI-SCRIPT & Hard-Coded Manufacturer Backdoor Advisory ID: BITL-17-001 Date published: 2017-04-05 Date of last update...

Cesanta Mongoose OS - Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Exploit for hardware platform in category dos / poc Product: Mongoose OS Vendor: Cesanta CVE ID: CVE-2017-7185 CSNC ID: CSNC-2017-003 Subject: Use-after-free / Denial of Service Risk: Medium Effect: Remotely exploitable Authors: Philipp Promeuschel Carel van Rooyen Stephan Sekula Date: 2017-04-03...

Mongoose OS 1.2 Use-After-Free / Denial Of Service

COMPASS SECURITY ADVISORY https://www.compass-security.com/en/research/advisories/ Product: Mongoose OS Vendor: Cesanta CVE ID: CVE-2017-7185 CSNC ID: CSNC-2017-003 Subject: Use-after-free / Denial of Service Risk: Medium Effect: Remotely exploitable Authors: Philipp Promeuschel Carel van Rooyen...

ASUS B1M projector remote commands execution Vulnerability

We recently obtained a ASUS B1M projector0 and have been exploring its capabilities when we discovered trivial to exploit vulnerabilities. The ASUS B1M features a small Wi-Fi adapter for a direct wireless connection to a notebook PC, or Android and iOS devices. The projector comes with an embedde...

“Dishwasher”was traced to a directory traversal vulnerability, an IOT security is getting worse and worse-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Although the IOT the number of devices increases exponentially, but these smart devices security level has not increased, the user still faces a high cyber-attack risk. Miele Miele was founded in Germany one hundred years of home appliance brand, recently one model for PG8528 networked medical...

Over 85% Of Smart TVs Can Be Hacked Remotely Using Broadcasting Signals

The Internet-connected devices are growing at an exponential rate, and so are threats to them. Due to the insecure implementation, a majority of Internet-connected embedded devices, including Smart TVs, Refrigerators, Microwaves, Security Cameras, and printers, are routinely being hacked and used...