Here is Bleeping Computer’s article looking at the Moobot botnet that is attacking vulnerable D-Link hardware: Moobot botnet is coming for your unpatched D-Link router (bleepingcomputer.com) Updates to fix this issue have been released by D-Link, just get them done.
Because It’s Friday – Janet Jackson cyber threat!
In a week where I can quote Stan Lee, in the context of cyber security, here is one of the weirdest technology stories we have featured in our “Because It’s Friday” segment. Janet Jackson music video given CVE for crashing laptops • The Register The threat has a CVE listing …
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We have clients with impacted devices – so our team has been out checking and patching
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 …
