We practice what we preach: DrayTek routers offer great value and functionality to many micro to medium businesses, so a flaw with them could be an issue to an organisation without IT or cybersecurity support: Critical RCE vulnerability impacts 29 models of DrayTek routers (bleepingcomputer.com)
US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issues an advisory on fleet GPS tracking units
These Chinese GPS tracking units, typically used in fleet systems, have been found to have six critical flaws, that allow threat actors access, according to research group BitSight. CISA released Security Advisory on MiCODUS MV720 Global Positioning System (GPS) Tracker | CISA
Spectre-based attack on older AMD chips
A hardware flaw like Spectre and Meltdown are always going to be a big issue for users and vendors alike. Patches and fixes are probably going to impact the performance of the CPUs and hardware. They are also going to an attack vector threat actors will constantly return as it …
Cyber criminals start an actual fire at a plant
A cyber gang, Predatory Sparrow, have claimed to have taken control of plant at a steel works in Iran and caused it to malfunction. There is CCTV footage showing the machinery malfunctioning and plant workers fleeing the area. Predatory Sparrow: Who are the hackers who say they started a fire …
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Ransomware targeting QNAP NAS drives – UPDATED
Network Attached Storage, or NAS devices are still a popular storage solution for organisations, even if they also use other cloud solutions. Octagon Technology still uses NAS devices as part of our disaster recovery/incident response planning. The use and reach across an organisation’s network that NAS devices have, make them …
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