Pierluigi Paganini
April 25, 2019
British Government has approved a limited role for Huawei in the building of a national 5G network in the country, ignoring security concerns from senior ministers According to The Daily Telegraph newspaper, British Prime Minister Theresa May decided to assign a limited role to Chinese telco giant Huawei in the building of a 5G network […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2019
Microsoft experts discovered privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in a tool from Huawei. Microsoft researchers discovered privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in a tool from Huawei, both flaws were classified as “high severity.” The experts discovered the flaws because the kernel sensors in Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) detected an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 05, 2019
The Chinese Telco giant presents the Brussels Huawei HCSTC (Cyber Security Transparency Centre) that will also work on the definition of global security standards. Huawei is urging the adoption of a global framework for technical and legal verification with the intent of building trust. While the tech giant is in the middle of a heated […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 29, 2019
The US Justice Department charges the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in technology theft and violation of sanctions. The US Justice Department charges the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in two cases, including the one that led the arrest of a top executive in Canada on a US warrant. According to the US DoJ, the charges are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 24, 2018
Some models of Huawei routers are affected by a flaw that could be exploited by attackers to determine whether the devices have default credentials or not. Ankit Anubhav, a principal researcher at NewSky Security, discovered a vulnerability in some models of Huawei routers that could be exploited by attackers to determine whether the devices have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 03, 2018
New Zealand intelligence agency asked mobile company Spark to avoid using Huawei equipment for 5G infrastructure. According to New Zealand’s Government Communications Security Bureau, Huawei equipment for 5G infrastructure poses a “significant network security risk,” for this reason, it asked mobile company Spark to avoid using the equipment of the Chinese company. The announcement follows the decision of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 24, 2018
US Government is inviting its allies to exclude Huawei equipment from critical infrastructure and 5G architectures, reports the Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal reported that the US Government is urging its allies to exclude Huawei from critical infrastructure and 5G architectures. The United States is highlighting the risks for national security in case of adoption of Huawei […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2018
Chinese-owned telecommunications firm Huawei has been banned from Australia’s 5G network due to security concerns. The Australian government considers risky the involvement of Huawei for the rolling out of next-generation 5G communication networks. Huawei Australia defined the decision disappointing. We have been informed by the Govt that Huawei & ZTE have been banned from providing 5G technology to Australia. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2018
The popular Anarchy botmaster builds a botnet of 18,000 Huawei routers in a few hours, and it is also planning to target vulnerable Realtek routers. NewSky Security first reported the born a new huge botnet, in just one day the botmaster compromised more than 18,000 Huawei routers. NewSky security researcher Ankit Anubhav announced that the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 04, 2018
Huawei has rolled out security fixes for some enterprise and broadcast products to address a cryptography issue tracked as CVE-2017-17174. Huawei has released security updates for some enterprise and broadcast products to address a cryptography issue that was discovered in late 2017. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-17174, is related to the implementation of an insecure encryption […]
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