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Serious Vulnerability Spotted In Various Bosch Thermostat Models

Bosch patched the vulnerability, existing due to open port 8899, with latest thermostat firmware releases, urging users to update.

Netgear warns users to patch recently fixed WiFi router bug

Netgear has fixed a high-severity vulnerability affecting multiple WiFi router models and advised customers to update their devices to the latest available firmware as soon as possible.

Netgear Authentication Bypass Allows Router Takeover

Microsoft researchers discovered the firmware flaws in the DGN-2200v1 series router that can enable authentication bypass to take over devices and access stored credentials.

Hundreds of Millions of Dell Systems at Risks Due to Driver Flaws

Five high severity flaws are discovered in Dell’s firmware driver update, which would potentially impact Dell desktops, laptops, notebooks, and tablets. This could have the attackers exploit the machines and locally escalate to kernel-mode privileges. Identifying 5 Flaws in a Row There comes a pops up a notification message every time when a service gets […]

Researcher Creates Ransomware Attack That Can Target Smart Coffee Makers

Modifying the firmware of coffee maker allows ransomware attack on the machine while taking over other functions. Keep your IoT updated.

Hackers are backdooring QNAP NAS devices with 3-year old RCE bug

Hackers are scanning for vulnerable network-attached storage (NAS) devices running multiple QNAP firmware versions, trying to exploit a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability addressed by QNAP in a previous release.

ASUS Home Router Bugs Open Consumers to Snooping Attacks

A pair of flaws in ASUS routers for the home could allow an attacker to compromise the devices – and eavesdrop on all of the traffic and data that flows through them. The bugs are specifically found in the RT-AC1900P whole-home Wi-Fi model, within the router’s firmware update functionality.

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