Internet of Things

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2018
4-year old Misfortune Cookie vulnerability threatens Capsule Technologies medical gateway device

The Misfortune Cookie flaw is threatening medical equipment that connects bedside devices to the hospital’s network infrastructure. In December 2104, researchers at Check Point Software Technologies discovered the Misfortune Cookie vulnerability, a flaw that was affecting millions of devices running an embedded web server called RomPager, the vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker to run a man-in-the-middle attack on […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2018
A new Cross-Platform Mirai Variant appeared in the wild

A new cross-platform Mirai variant appeared in the threat landscape, this one has been created using an open-source project. Security experts from Symantec have spotted a new cross-platform Mirai variant that has been created with an open-source project. Mirai malware first appeared in the wild in 2016 when the expert MalwareMustDie discovered it in massive […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2018
Cyber Defense Magazine – August 2018 has arrived. Enjoy it!

Cyber Defense Magazine August 2018 Edition has arrived. Sponsored by: Bosch We hope you enjoy this month’s edition…packed with 130+ pages of excellent content.  InfoSec Knowledge is Power.  We have 6 years of eMagazines online with timeless content.  Visit our online library by clicking here.   Please tell your friends to FLIPBOOK http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/newsletters/august-2018/index.html PDF http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/newsletters/august-2018/CDM-CYBER-DEFENSE-eMAGAZINE-August-2018.pdf MOBILE http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/newsletters/august-2018/mobile/index.html  Our Global […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 03, 2018
Hundreds of thousands MikroTik Routers involved in massive Coinhive cryptomining campaign

Experts uncovered a massive cryptojacking campaign that is targeting  MikroTik routers to inject a Coinhive cryptocurrency mining script in the web traffic. Security experts have uncovered a massive cryptojacking campaign that is targeting  MikroTik routers, the hackers aim to change the configuration of the devices to inject a Coinhive cryptocurrency mining script in the users’ […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2018
Tens of flaws in Samsung SmartThings Hub expose smart home to attack

Cisco Talos researchers found tens of flaws in Samsung SmartThings Hub controller that potentially expose smart home devices to attack Cisco Talos researchers have discovered 20 vulnerabilities in Samsung SmartThings Hub controller that potentially expose any supported third-party smart home devices to cyber attack. “Cisco Talos recently discovered several vulnerabilities present within the firmware of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2018
Security bug in Swann IoT Camera allowed to access video feeds

Security experts have discovered a security glitch in Swann IoT camera that could be exploited by attackers to access video feeds. Security experts from Pen Test Partners (Andrew Tierney, Chris Wade and Ken Munro) along with security researchers Alan Woodward, Scott Helme and Vangelis Stykas have discovered a security glitch in Swann IoT camera that could be exploited to access video feeds. The experts reported […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2018
Korean Davolink routers are easy exploitable due to poor cyber hygene

Davolink dvw 3200 routers have their login portal up on port 88, the access is password protected, but the password is hardcoded in the HTLM of login page. The story started in 2018 when Anubhav noticed a very basic flaw the routers of the Korean vendor Davolink. These Davolink dvw 3200 routers have their login […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 24, 2018
Sony addresses remotely exploitable flaws in Sony IPELA E Network Cameras

Sony fixed 2 remotely exploitable flaws in Sony IPELA E Series Network Camera products that could be exploited to execute commands or arbitrary code. Sony addressed two remotely exploitable flaws in Sony IPELA E Series Network Camera products that could be exploited to execute commands or arbitrary code on affected devices. The first vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-3937, is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2018
Experts disclose dangerous flaws in robotic Dongguan Diqee 360 smart vacuums

Positive Technologies discovered two flaws affecting Dongguan Diqee 360 smart vacuums that can be used to perform video surveillance. Security researchers from Positive Technologies have discovered two vulnerabilities affecting Dongguan Diqee 360 smart vacuum cleaners that could be exploited by an attacker to run malicious code on a device with superuser privileges. The flaws likely affect smart vacuum cleaners […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2018
ZoomEye IoT search engine cached login passwords for tens of thousands of Dahua DVRs

A security researcher discovered that the IoT search engine ZoomEye has cached login passwords for tens of thousands of Dahua DVRs. The IoT search engine ZoomEye has cached login passwords for tens of thousands of Dahua DVRs, the discovery was made by security researcher Ankit Anubhav, Principal Researcher at NewSky Security. Anubhav explained that the passwords […]