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Tag: vulnerability

Thousands of Asus routers are being hit with stealthy, persistent backdoors

2025-05-292025-05-29 Danie
Close-up of a black router's back panel showing DSL and E-WAN ports, four yellow LAN ports, and connection indicators.

“Thousands of home and small office routers manufactured by Asus are being infected with a stealthy backdoor that can survive reboots and firmware updates in an attack by a nation-state or another well-resourced threat actor, […]

Blogrouters, security, technology, vulnerability

Rogue communication devices found in Chinese solar power inverters

2025-05-252025-05-25 Danie
Aerial view of a vast solar farm featuring rows of black solar panels under a clear sky, with green fields and trees in the background.

“Rogue communication devices not listed in product documents have been found in some Chinese solar power inverters by US experts who strip down equipment hooked up to grids to check for security issues, the two […]

Bloginverters, security, technology, vulnerability

Hackers Exploit WordPress mu-Plugins to Inject Spam and Hijack Site Images

2025-04-112025-04-11 Danie
A laptop displaying a WordPress login screen, featuring a password field and a faint handprint in the background.

“Threat actors are using the “mu-plugins” directory in WordPress sites to conceal malicious code with the goal of maintaining persistent remote access and redirecting site visitors to bogus sites.mu-plugins, short for must-use plugins, refers to […]

Blogsecurity, technology, vulnerability, wordpress

South Korea arrests CEO for adding DDoS feature to 240,000 satellite receivers

2024-12-032024-12-03 Danie
Graphic showing a portion of the curvature of the Earth, which simulated connections across it depicting network communications. A title says DDoS.

Allegedly, the functionality was needed to counter the attacks of a competing entity. The exact way the DDoS functionality was leveraged on the devices was not specified, but these attacks are always illegal when targeting […]

Blogsatellites, security, technology, vulnerability

An old Bluetooth vulnerability shows why it is vital that all OS’s get updated regularly

2023-12-092023-12-09 Danie
Person in a hoodie sitting behind a laptop computer. Their face is completely obscured though, and a question mark appears in the space where their face is.

Bluetooth vulnerability exposes Android, Linux, MacOS, and iOS devices. Hackers can access your device without special hardware and run commands without your consent. Security fix for Android 11 through 14 available, but older versions remain […]

Blogbluetooth, security, technology, vulnerability

European radio standard TETRA has had a baked in vulnerability known for years by the vendors: Open standards are a better way to go

2023-07-242023-07-24 Danie
Close view of man's hands behind his back, holding a two-way radio

For more than 25 years, a technology used for critical data and voice radio communications around the world has been shrouded in secrecy to prevent anyone from closely scrutinizing its security properties for vulnerabilities. But […]

Blogradio, security, technology, TETRA, vulnerability

Next level Hack: Hackers can steal cryptographic keys by video-recording power LEDs 18 metres away without any probe or radio connections

2023-06-132023-06-13 Danie
surveillance cam smartcard reade

By carefully monitoring characteristics such as power consumption, sound, electromagnetic emissions, or the amount of time it takes for an operation to occur, attackers can assemble enough information to recover secret keys that underpin the […]

Bloghacking, security, technology, vulnerability

Inaudible ultrasound attack can stealthily control your phone, smart speaker

2023-03-262023-03-26 Danie
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The team of researchers consists of professor Guenevere Chen of the University of Texas in San Antonio (UTSA), her doctoral student Qi Xia, and professor Shouhuai Xu of the University of Colorado (UCCS). The team […]

Blogsecurity, smartassistant, smartspeaker, technology, vulnerability

Zurich-based ETH research university: Threema billed as better than Signal was riddled with 7 different vulnerabilities

2023-01-102023-01-10 Danie
Dark background with a some gold chain links, the centre one being broken

Academic researchers have discovered serious vulnerabilities in the core of Threema, an instant messenger that its Switzerland-based developer says provides a level of security and privacy “no other chat service” can offer. Despite the unusually […]

Blogsecurity, technology, threema, vulnerability

Anker’s Eufy lied to The Verge about the security of its security cameras

2022-12-092022-12-09 Danie
Photo of a Eufy security camera mounted on the side of a tree's trunk

Eufy’s commitment to privacy is remarkable: it promises your data will be stored locally, that it “never leaves the safety of your home,” that its footage only gets transmitted with “end-to-end” military-grade encryption, and that […]

Blogcameras, eufy, security, technology, vulnerability

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