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Ubiquiti warns of worm using known exploit on outdated AirOS firmware

May

2016

A worm that made its way into Ubiquiti Networks equipment through outdated AirOS firmware has wreaked havoc on ISPs and others in the U.S. Brazil, Argentina and Spain that use the Ubiquiti networking platform, according to an “urgent” warning posted by the company on a user forum.

Category Virus & Malware Written by Feedproxy 0 Comments

Many embedded devices ship without adequate security tests, analysis shows

Nov

2015

An analysis of hundreds of publicly available firmware images for routers, DSL modems, VoIP phones, IP cameras and other embedded devices uncovered high-risk vulnerabilities in a significant number of them, pointing to poor security testing by manufacturers. The study was performed by researchers from the Eurecom research center in France and Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany, […]

Category Vulnerabilities Written by Cio 0 Comments

Samsung TouchWiz Devices Vulnerable to Mischief

Sep

2012

Saw this tweet yesterday on Twitter: The account is a parody… but the “tel:*2767*3855%23” is quite serious. It’s a reference to a “vulnerability” which exists on some versions of Samsung Android phones, those running Samsung’s TouchWiz UI. (So, not Nexus.) And by vulnerability, we mean that some “genius” developed a feature to factory hard reset […]

Category General Written by F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog 0 Comments

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