IoT

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 245

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs From iPhone to NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM – exploit ‘Printconfig dll with a real-world example Iran announced to have foiled a second cyber-attack in a week Largest hospital system in New Jersey was hit by ransomware attack A thief stole […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2019
TP-Link Archer routers allow remote takeover without passwords

TP-Link has addressed a critical vulnerability impacting some TP-Link Archer routers that could allow attackers to login without passwords. TP-Link addressed a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2017-7405) in its TP-Link Archer routers that could be exploited by attackers to remotely take their control over LAN via a Telnet connection without authentication. “This is a zero-day flaw that was […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2019
Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell could open the door of your home to hackers

Bitdefender discovered a high-severity security flaw in Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell Pro devices that could allow nearby attackers to steal WiFi password. Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell is a smart wireless home security doorbell camera that allows users to use to remotely control their doorbell. Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell allows users to interact with anyone on their […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2019
New Gafgyt botnet targets Gaming Servers

Palo Alto Networks discovered a new version of Gafgyt botnet composed of Home & Small Office Wireless routers used to attack gaming servers. Palo Alto Networks researchers discovered a new version of Gafgyt botnet targeting home & small office wireless routers, including Zyxel and Huawei routers, as well as devices with Realtek RTL81xx chipset. According […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2019
Thousands of Xiaomi FURRYTAIL pet feeders exposed to hack

A Russian security researcher accidentally discovered API and firmware issues that allowed her to take over all Xiaomi FurryTail pet feeders. The Russian security researcher Anna Prosvetova, from Saint Petersburg, has accidentally discovered API and firmware issues that allowed her to take over all Xiaomi FurryTail pet feeders. Last week, Prosvetova revealed on her private […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 07, 2019
D-Link router models affected by remote code execution issue that will not be fixed

Researchers at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs have publicly disclosed a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting some models of D-Link routers.  Security experts at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs disclosed a remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-16920. The vulnerability is an unauthenticated command injection issue that was discovered on September 2019. The flaw has received a CVSS v31 base […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 03, 2019
Dutch police shut down bulletproof service hosting tens of DDoS botnets

Dutch police seized a bulletproof hosting service in a major takedown, the infrastructure was used by tens of IoT botnets involved in DDoS attacks. A joint operation conducted by the Netherlands’ National Criminal Investigation Department and National Cyber Security Center allowed to track down and seize five servers that were composing a cybercrime underground bulletproof […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2019
Gucci IOT Bot Discovered Targeting European Region

Security Labs discovered a new IOT bot named “GUCCI”. It seems like the IOT botnet is named after an Italian luxury brand of fashion and leather goods. Analysis The discovery came to exist during our reconnaissance and intelligence collection process.  The IOT threat detection engine picked the infection IP has shown below hosting number of bins […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2019
Tridium Niagara framework affected by 2 flaws in BlackBerry QNX OS

Tridium’s Niagara product is affected by two vulnerabilities in BlackBerry’s QNX operating system for embedded devices. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of two vulnerabilities in Tridium’s Niagara product that reside in the BlackBerry’s QNX operating system for embedded devices. The flaws could be exploited by a […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 30, 2019
Exclusive: MalwareMustDie analyzes a new IoT malware dubbed Linux/ AirDropBot

After 2 years of waiting, MalwareMustDie returns with an excellent page of malware analysis of a new IoT malware: Linux/AirDropBot. Yes, I have to confess, it was hard to wait all this time, but the reward it was worth it: unixfreaxjp is return, with a new, great page of reverse engeeniring published on the MalwareMustDie […]