Cisco routers vulnerable due to replacing firmware with backdoor version
The U.S. government is warning about the China-affiliated Blacktech hacker gang replacing firmware in edge devices with its own backdoor version. Cisco routers in particular are vulnerable.
The U.S. NSA, FBI, regulator CISA and Japanese police are warning about the activities of the Blacktech ha... Read more
HP firmware still contains unpatched vulnerabilities
Researchers from security firm Binarly warned of unpatched vulnerabilities in HP firmware. Some of the vulnerabilities were reported to HP months ago. Affected hardware remains highly vulnerable.
Binarly develops an AI-based security platform. The company's researchers recently warned of severa... Read more
‘Businesses aren’t worried enough about firmware attacks’
According to Microsoft, 80 percent of companies have experienced an attack on their firmware in the last two years. However, only a small part of the security budget is dedicated to protecting this data.
This is according to the Security Signals report written by Microsoft for March 2021. In it,... Read more