Huawei

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2019
Huawei HCSTC centre opens in Brussels opens to build digital trust through verification standards

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
US DoJ charges Huawei sanctions violations and in technology espionage

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
Information Disclosure flaw allows attackers to find Huawei routers with default credentials

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 Security Bureau halts Spark from using Huawei 5G equipment

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 asking allies to ban Huawei equipment

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
Australia banned Huawei from 5G network due to security concerns

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
Anarchy botmaster builds a botnet of 18,000 Huawei routers in a few hours

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 enterprise and broadcast products have a crypto bug. Fix it now!

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 05, 2018
The Pentagon bans Huawei and ZTE phones from stores on military bases

The Pentagon is ordering retail outlets on US military bases to stop selling Huawei and ZTE products due to unacceptable security risk they pose. Smartphones manufactured by Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE are banned by US Military, the decision was taken by the Pentagon. The Pentagon is ordering retail outlets on US military bases to stop selling […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2017
Millions of mobile phones and laptops potentially exposed to attack leveraging baseband zero-days

The researcher Ralf Weinmann revealed that millions of mobile phones and laptops are potentially exposed to attack leveraging baseband zero-days he discovered. The researcher Ralf-Phillip Weinmann, managing director at security firm Comsecuris, has disclosed a zero-day baseband vulnerability affecting Huawei smartphones, laptop WWAN modules, and IoT components. Baseband is firmware used on smartphones to connect to cellular […]