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Flipper Zero releases Firmware 1.0 after three years of development
2024-09-10 12:00

After three years of development, the Flipper Zero team has announced the release of the first major firmware version for the portable, customizable digital hacking device. [...]

Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy
2024-09-06 21:44

Not so much when trying to convert coding veterans Google recently rewrote the firmware for protected virtual machines in its Android Virtualization Framework using the Rust programming language...

Damn Vulnerable UEFI: Simulate real-world firmware attacks
2024-09-02 04:30

Damn Vulnerable UEFI (DVUEFI) is an open-source exploitation toolkit and learning platform for unveiling and fixing UEFI firmware vulnerabilities. Simulate real-world firmware attacks DVUEFI was...

OpenWrt dominates, but vulnerabilities persist in OT/IoT router firmware
2024-08-07 06:14

The study uncovered that OT and IoT cellular routers and those used in small offices and homes contain outdated software components associated with known vulnerabilities. The research showed that widely used OT/IoT router firmware images have, on average, 20 exploitable n-day vulnerabilities affecting the kernel, leading to increasing security risks.

Firmware update hides Bluetooth fingerprints
2024-07-16 04:00

A smartphone's unique Bluetooth fingerprint could be used to track the device's user-until now. A team of researchers has developed a simple firmware update that can completely hide the Bluetooth fingerprint, eliminating the vulnerability.

Intel-powered computers affected by serious firmware flaw (CVE-2024-0762)
2024-06-21 11:30

A vulnerability in the Phoenix SecureCore UEFI, which runs on various Intel processors, could be exploited locally to escalate privileges and run arbitrary code within the firmware during runtime. "This type of low-level exploitation is typical of firmware backdoors that are increasingly observed in the wild," Eclypsium researchers noted.

Google Warns of Pixel Firmware Security Flaw Exploited as Zero-Day
2024-06-13 07:08

Google has warned that a security flaw impacting Pixel Firmware has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day. The high-severity vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2024-32896, has been described as an...

Google warns of actively exploited Pixel firmware zero-day
2024-06-12 19:06

Google has released patches for 50 security vulnerabilities impacting its Pixel devices and warned that one of them had already been exploited in targeted attacks as a zero-day. Google tagged 44 other security bugs in this month's Pixel update bulletin, seven of which are privilege escalation vulnerabilities considered critical and impact various subcomponents.

Zyxel Releases Patches for Firmware Vulnerabilities in EoL NAS Models
2024-06-05 07:10

Zyxel has released security updates to address critical flaws impacting two of its network-attached storage (NAS) devices that have currently reached end-of-life (EoL) status. Successful...

Mystery miscreant remotely bricked 600,000 SOHO routers with malicious firmware update
2024-05-31 00:15

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