Chasing doorbells: Finding IoT vulnerabilities in embedded devices

The goal of this research project was to see if we could find any vulnerabilities and obtain full persistence on an IoT device, while learning about embedded devices in general. This post will take you through our journey to find vulnerabilities in a common, reasonably priced IoT device. For our...

Dutch ISP Ziggo demonstrates how not to inform your customers about a security flaw

“Can you have a look at this email I got, please?" my brother asked. “It looks convincing enough, but I don’t trust it,” he added and forwarded me the email he received from Ziggo, his Internet Service Provider ISP. Shortly after, he informed me that despite its suspicious aura, he found...

Black Hat 2020: Satellite Comms Globally Open to $300 Eavesdropping Hack

Satellite internet communications are susceptible to eavesdropping and signal interception by far-flung attackers located in a different continent or country from their victims. And all they need is $300 worth of off-the-shelf equipment to pull it off. That’s the word from James Pavur, an academi...

DDoS Protection for Networks: Combatting Local Preference from ISPs

One of the most common issues we have seen when onboarding customers to our DDoS Protection for Networks service is when a customer’s ISP implements a high local preference. This prevents the Internet from recognizing that Imperva is the best path. Local Preference Local preference is one of the...

isp-ss.jp Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-1217050

Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspa. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspb. notified the website operator about its existence...

DDoS Protection for Networks: Utilizing AS Prepending to Route Traffic Through Imperva

In order for Imperva to protect customers’ traffic using DDoS Protection for Networks, the Internet must select Imperva as the best path. So what does this mean? Does Imperva automatically take over the customer’s prefix and control the routing of the Internet? Well…not exactly. Internet Routing...

VPNs: should you use them?

We are going to talk today about something you’ve likely heard of before: VPNs, or Virtual Private Networks. We at Malwarebytes have delved into these tools in greater depth, and we’ve literally discussed them on the digital airwaves. But we want to answer a question we’ve been getting more and...

Making the Most of SPS Secure Consumer: Go To Market Best Practices

Seeing opportunities as residential internet services have been transformed into business internet services, ISPs and Mobile Network Operators MNOs are making moves to use the power of their networks to protect customers. As they progress through the decision and deployment cycles, we often get...

rainbowisp.in Improper Access Control vulnerability OBB-1193032

Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspa. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspb. notified the website operator about its existence...

Innovation Driven by Operational Experience and Engineering Insight Deters NXNS Attacks

DNS and security have had a long and tangled relationship. The DNS has always been an attractive target since it's a network leverage point. At DNS OARC 30 in Bangkok in 2019, Akamai's Ralf Weber did a presentation called DNS Security: Past, Present, and Future It's Not Easy covering numerous DNS...

Memory corruption vulnerability in Delta ISPSoft isp project files (CNVD-2020-33323)

ISPSoft is the new generation of Delta PLC programming software. A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Delta ISPSoft when handling isp project files. An attacker can trick a user with ISPSoft installed to open a malicious isp file, which in turn triggers the vulnerability and causes the...

How to Set Up a VPN on Kodi in 2 Minutes or Less

VPNs are useful for masking your identity when online. Without a VPN, you run the risk of having your data exposed to your Internet Service Provider ISP. This is something that you should think about since your ISP has access to all of your data, including the streaming data from your streaming...

Fedora: Security Advisory for ppp (FEDORA-2020-571091c70b)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can...

RLSA-2020:0633 Important: ppp security update

The ppp packages contain the Point-to-Point Protocol PPP daemon and documentation for PPP support. The PPP protocol provides a method for transmitting datagrams over serial point-to-point links. PPP is usually used to dial in to an Internet Service Provider ISP or other organization over a modem...

Fastweb Fastgate 0.00.81 - Remote Code Execution

Fastweb Fastgate 0.00.81 - Remote Code Execution Exploit Title: Fastweb Fastgate 0.00.81 - Remote Code Execution Date: 2019-11-13 Exploit Author: Riccardo Gasparini Vendor Homepage: https://www.fastweb.it/ Software Link: http://59.0.121.191:8080/ACS-server/file/0.00.81FW200Askey only from Fastweb...

Google to Experiment 'DNS over HTTPS' (DoH) Feature in Chrome 78

Immediately after Mozilla announced its plan to soon enable 'DNS over HTTPS' DoH by default for Firefox users in the United States, Google today says it is planning an experiment with the privacy-focused technology in its upcoming Chrome 78. Under development since 2017, 'DNS over HTTPS' performs...

Some D-Link and Comba WiFi Routers Leak Their Passwords in Plaintext

What could be worse than your router leaking its administrative login credentials in plaintext? Cybersecurity researchers from Trustwave's SpiderLabs have discovered multiple security vulnerabilities in some router models from two popular manufacturers—D-Link and Comba Telecom—that involve insecu...

Finding Beauty in the IT Architecture

I have a confession to make. I’m a sucker for good architecture. Visiting places like Singapore, London, Rome, Buenos Aires, and New York City, I quickly find myself gravitating towards beautiful archways, spires, and even the voids used in designing some of the world’s most amazing buildings. I...

Google Announces DNS over HTTPS 'General Availability'

Google announced general availability of its Public DNS-over-HTTPS service Wednesday, based on the Internet Engineering Task Force’s RFC 8484 standard. The move is a culmination of three years of Google fine-tuning DNS over HTTPS, otherwise known as DoH. “Today we are announcing general...

URLextractor - Information Gathering and Website Reconnaissance

Informationgathering & website reconnaissance Usage: ./extractor http://www.hackthissite.org/ Tips: Colorex: put colors to the ouput pip install colorex and use it like ./extractor http://www.hackthissite.org/ | colorex -g "INFO" -r "ALERT" Tldextract: is used by dnsenumeration function pip insta...