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QNAP’s Buggy Security Fix Causes Chaos

Richi Jennings | November 26, 2024 | automatic updates, data storage, firmware, firmware patch, firmware security, firmware update, Firmware Updates, hard disk drive, hard drive, NAS, os security updates, QNAP, QTS, RAID, Release Management, SB Blogwatch, security update, storage

RAID FAIL: NAS Maker does a CrowdStrike—cleanup on /dev/dsk/c1t2d3s4 please ...

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An ASUS router, with superimposed text: “Patch ASUS ASAP”

ASUS Router User? Patch ASAP!

Or junk it if EOL: Two nasty vulnerabilities need an update—pronto ...

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‘Pumpkin Eclipse’ — 600,000+ Rural ISP Routers Bricked Beyond Repair

Daft name, serious risk: Kit from ActionTec and Sagemcom remotely ruined and required replacement ...

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DocUSign, APIs, phishing, attacks, spam, business email, CrowdStrike Microsoft

Attackers Host Phishing Pages on Azure

Lucian Constantin | March 1, 2019 | Azure Blob Storage, Cisco WebEx, firmware update, Microsoft Azure, office 365, Phishing, Privilege Escalation, Remote Code Execution, small business router

Researchers have recently seen phishing attacks against Office 365 users wherein fake log-in pages were hosted on Microsoft Azure to give them more credibility. According to researchers from security firm EdgeWave, the ...

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team, enterprise, remediation response crisis

Dangerous Intel Chip Flaw Patches Becoming Available

Lucian Constantin | November 24, 2017 | BIOS update, firmware update, Intel Management Engine, Intel ME, patch, Remote Code Execution, samba, SMBv1, vulnerability

Some computer manufacturers have started releasing patches for eight serious vulnerabilities in Intel processors or they have outlined firmware update plans for vulnerable models. Acer, Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Lenovo, ...

HP Patches High-Risk Vulnerability in Business Printers

Lucian Constantin | November 22, 2017 | arbitrary code execution, CVE-2017-2750, Data leak, firmware security, firmware update, GitHub repository, hard-coded credentials, HP, printer, printer security, signature validation, Uber, vulnerability

HP released security firmware updates this week for dozens of printers, including enterprise models, to fix a high-risk vulnerability that could allow attackers to compromise the devices. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-2750, ...

Intel Releases Microcode Spectre Patches

Intel Warns of Serious Processor Flaws

Lucian Constantin | November 22, 2017 | CPU flaw, firmware update, Intel, Intel Management Engine, Intel Server Platform Services, Intel Trusted Execution Engine, Privilege Escalation, Remote Management, rootkit, Vulnerabilities

Intel has released firmware updates for many of its processors to fix eight high-risk flaws that can put systems at risk of complete compromise. The flaws are located in low-level technologies found ...

Not All Macs Get Firmware Security Fixes, Researchers Find

An investigation by researchers from Duo Security revealed that Apple does not consistently release security patches for known vulnerabilities in the low-level firmware code of its Mac computers. When it does, the patches ...