Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
You may not be targeted but a vulnerable and then compromised small office router modem would be a step along the way for a bigger attack by Chinese hackers: Research reveals a malicious firmware implant for TP-Link routers, linked to Chinese APT group (checkpoint.com) This is why your network hardware, …
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Selling redundant gear and wiping hard drives on computers has pretty much become standard over the last few years – whether the machines are going for resale, donation, upcycling or recycling. But what happens when it comes to cyber security critical network devices? These bits of kit can be eye-wateringly …
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QNAP is a popular brand of soho NAS, available widely on Amazon. QNAP have released a security patch to fix a serious flaw, that if exploited could give threat actors administrator control of your device and information. QNAP warns customers to patch Linux Sudo flaw in NAS devices (bleepingcomputer.com)
Domien Schepers and Aanjhan Ranganathan of Northeastern University and Mathy Vanhoef of imec-DistriNet, KU Leuven, have published a paper demonstrating a flaw in the way WiFi access points handle power saving requests to and from devices. This could enable a threat actor to manipulate the WiFi frames passing between devices …
Earlier this week I posted about the importance of patches (again) when it comes to cyber security: However understanding your network components and endpoints and monitoring them is also very important as occasionally there is persistent malware that protects itself from security patches designed to eliminate it. Here is an …
