firmware

Video: IoT Hacking 101 – Firmware Funhouse

| | 2020, EH-Net Live!, embedded, firmware, Hacking, highlight, iot, Linux, webapp
Watch Now for a Virtual IoT Village with a Hands-On Firmware Hacking Lab! Video and Slide Deck from EH-Net Live! April 2020 Every device imaginable now has Internet access. IoT promises to ...
The Ethical Hacker Network
EH-Net Live! - April 2020 - IoT Hacking 101 - Firmware Funhouse - IoT Village Logo

Webinar: IoT Hacking 101 – Firmware Funhouse

| | 2020, EH-Net Live!, embedded, firmware, Hacking, highlight, iot, Linux, webapp
Register Now for a Virtual IoT Village with a Hands-On Firmware Hacking Lab! Every device imaginable now has Internet access. IoT promises to bring supply chain efficiency, decreased maintenance downtime, home conveniences, ...
The Ethical Hacker Network
Firmware (Part 1): What is Firmware? | A Geek Squad 2 Minute Miracle

Firmware Attacks: What They Are & How I Can Protect Myself

| | firmware, Hashing Out Cyber Security
Gartner reports that 70% of organizations lacking a firmware upgrade plan will be breached by 2022 due to firmware vulnerabilities Firmware hacks, although they don’t generally tend to share top... The post ...
Hashed Out by The SSL Store™
drivers

Screwed Drivers: Windows Third-Party Device Code is Huge Mess

| | BIOS update, Cybersecurity, Drivers Update, firmware, Information Security, Malware, SB Blogwatch, security, Security News, UEFI, Windows
Many Windows drivers permit malware to access anything, subverting controls that separate user space from the kernel ...
Security Boulevard

Backdoor Built into Android Firmware

| | android, backdoors, crime, firmware, google, Malware, phones, supplychain
In 2017, some Android phones came with a backdoor pre-installed: Criminals in 2017 managed to get an advanced backdoor preinstalled on Android devices before they left the factories of manufacturers, Google researchers ...
Schneier on Security
insider threat

Serious Vulnerability Found in Lifesize Business Videoconferencing Devices

| | command injection, default credentials, device hacking, firmware, Lifesize, Privilege Escalation, videoconferencing
A security researcher from security firm Trustwave has found a vulnerability that could allow hackers to take over videoconferencing devices made by Lifesize. Some of the affected products have reached end-of-sale or ...
Security Boulevard

Japanese Government Will Hack Citizens’ IoT Devices

| | backdoors, botnets, Exploits, firmware, Hacking, internetofthings, Japan, passwords, Vulnerabilities
The Japanese government is going to run penetration tests against all the IoT devices in their country, in an effort to (1) figure out what's insecure, and (2) help consumers secure them: ...
Schneier on Security

If Firm Implies Secure, Does That Imply My Firmware Is Secure?

| | firm, firmware, government, IT Security and Data Protection, security
How is firmware defined today? According to the Tech Terms dictionary, firmware is a software program or set of instructions programmed on a hardware device. It provides the necessary instructions (at startup) ...
The State of Security
infosec

Sowbug Cyberespionage Group Hits South America, South Asia

| | cyberespionage, data exfiltration, data theft, Felismus, firmware, hardware requirement, malware program, processor, secure boot, secure computer, South America, Sowbug, UEFI, Virtualization, Windows 10
Security researchers have identified a cyberespionage group that has been stealing data from policy and diplomatic organizations in South America and South Asia since at least 2015. “While cyberespionage attacks are often ...