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InHand Router Flaws Could Expose Many Industrial Companies to Remote Attacks

Issued by: Security Week

The flaws were discovered nearly one year ago by researchers at industrial cybersecurity firm OTORIO in IR615 LTE routers made by industrial IoT solutions provider InHand Networks. The company has offices in China, the U.S. and Germany, and its products are used all around the world. InHand says its customers include Siemens, GE Healthcare, Coca…

Vulnerabilities

Attackers are exploiting two zero-day flaws in Cisco enterprise-grade routers

Issued by: Help Net Security

A technical support intervention has revealed two zero-day vulnerabilities in the OS running on Cisco enterprise-grade routers that attackers are trying to actively exploit. Cisco plans to release software updates to plug these security holes, but in the meantime administrators are advised to implement one or all of the provided mitigations. About the vulnerabilities The…

Malware & Threats

New wave of attacks aiming to rope home routers into IoT botnets

Issued by: Help Net Security

A Trend Micro research is warning consumers of a major new wave of attacks attempting to compromise their home routers for use in IoT botnets. The report urges users to take action to stop their devices from enabling this criminal activity. The importance of home routers for IoT botnets There has been a recent spike…

Vulnerabilities

Exploit revealed for remote root access vulnerability affecting many router models

Issued by: Help Net Security

Back in January 2013, researchers from application security services firm DefenseCode unearthed a remote root access vulnerability in the default installation of some Cisco Linksys (now Belkin) routers. The flaw was actually found in Broadcom’s UPnP implementation used in popular routers, and ultimately the researchers extended the list of vulnerable routers to encompass devices manufactured…