Hundreds of millions of devices, especially Android smartphones and tablets, using Qualcomm chipsets, are vulnerable to a new set of potentially serious vulnerabilities.According to a report cybersecurity firm CheckPoint shared with The Hacker News, the flaws could allow attackers to steal sensitive data stored in a secure area that is otherwise supposed to be the most … [Read more...] about Qualcomm Chip Flaws Let Hackers Steal Private Data From Android Devices
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How to gain visibility into Mobile Devices
Introduction Falcon for Mobile is CrowdStrike’s EDR solution on mobile devices. Falcon for Mobile monitors and records activities taking place on Android and iOS, providing the visibility necessary to detect attackers, malicious insider activity, and corporate data leakage Falcon for Mobile allows organizations to benefit from powerful reporting, investigation, and threat … [Read more...] about How to gain visibility into Mobile Devices
Hacker Releases ‘Unpatchable’ Jailbreak For All iOS Devices, iPhone 4s to iPhone X
An iOS hacker and cybersecurity researcher today publicly released what he claimed to be a "permanent unpatchable bootrom exploit," in other words, an epic jailbreak that works on all iOS devices ranging from iPhone 4s (A5 chip) to iPhone 8 and iPhone X (A11 chip).Dubbed Checkm8, the exploit leverages unpatchable security weaknesses in Apple's Bootrom (SecureROM), the first … [Read more...] about Hacker Releases ‘Unpatchable’ Jailbreak For All iOS Devices, iPhone 4s to iPhone X
125 New Flaws Found in Routers and NAS Devices from Popular Brands
The world of connected consumer electronics, IoT, and smart devices is growing faster than ever with tens of billions of connected devices streaming and sharing data wirelessly over the Internet, but how secure is it?As we connect everything from coffee maker to front-door locks and cars to the Internet, we're creating more potential—and possibly more dangerous—ways for hackers … [Read more...] about 125 New Flaws Found in Routers and NAS Devices from Popular Brands
New Flaws in Qualcomm Chips Expose Millions of Android Devices to Hacking
A series of critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in Qualcomm chipsets that could allow hackers to compromise Android devices remotely just by sending malicious packets over-the-air with no user interaction.Discovered by security researchers from Tencent's Blade team, the vulnerabilities, collectively known as QualPwn, reside in the WLAN and modem firmware of Qualcomm … [Read more...] about New Flaws in Qualcomm Chips Expose Millions of Android Devices to Hacking
Critical Flaws Found in VxWorks RTOS That Powers Over 2 Billion Devices
Security researchers have discovered almost a dozen zero-day vulnerabilities in VxWorks, one of the most widely used real-time operating systems (RTOS) for embedded devices that powers over 2 billion devices across aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, automotive, consumer electronics, networking, and other critical industries.According to a new report Armis researchers … [Read more...] about Critical Flaws Found in VxWorks RTOS That Powers Over 2 Billion Devices
How safe are smart devices in your car?
We often discuss vulnerabilities of different IoT devices, ranging from smart cameras to sex toys. This time, our researchers decided to find out whether smart gadgets for cars are well secured. What was tested For the test, we chose a number of devices with different functions: a couple of OBD system scanners, a tire pressure/temperature monitoring system, an … [Read more...] about How safe are smart devices in your car?
How to manage USB devices
X How to Contain an Infected System Hi, there. My name’s Peter Ingebrigtsen. And today, we’ve logged into the falcon.crowdstrike.com, or the Falcon User Interface. And what we’re going to do is take a look at some of our systems and recognize that some of them are either currently under attack or recently been under attack, and may have been compromised. And we’d like to … [Read more...] about How to manage USB devices
Android’s Built-in Security Key Now Works With iOS Devices For Secure Login
In April this year, a software update from Google overnight turned all Android phones, running Android 7.0 Nougat and up, into a FIDO-certified hardware security key as part of a push to encourage two-step verification.The feature made it possible for users to confirm their identity when logging into a Google account more effortless and secure, without separately managing and … [Read more...] about Android’s Built-in Security Key Now Works With iOS Devices For Secure Login