The water treatment system of the city of Oldsmar, FL has been in the news lately after attackers breached its control systems and increased the levels of sodium hydroxide. The targeted treatment plant provides water to businesses and about 15,000 residents in the Tampa, FL suburb. Was the attacker’s intention to harm these residents? Could the hacker have been an expert in … [Read more...]
Is EMOTET Really Gone Forever?
The answer to that question still remains open, but we expect it might return in some form or fashion. Yes, the takedown of EMOTET was successful, but anyone in the world of cybersecurity will tell you that malware has a habit of resurfacing in clever and unexpected ways. Therefore, the same could hold true for the EMOTET botnet as well. What is EMOTET? EMOTET, one of the … [Read more...]
SolarWinds Catch-Up
Swift new developments have continued to pour out on the SolarWinds breach. Under normal circumstances it is difficult to keep up to date on the news and especially so with a story that continues to grow. Nevertheless, the Threat Lab team at WatchGuard has been keeping an eye out on the latest updates. Beyond the major players such as FireEye, Microsoft, CISA, and SolarWinds, … [Read more...]
11 High Severity Vulnerabilities found in Nvidia Software
Nvidia released updates to its users after security researchers and the Nvidias Product Security Team found 16 vulnerabilities in the Nvidia driver and software packages. One of the vulnerabilities found in the driver package allows for an escalation of privileges and could allow full control of the system. Drivers tend to have administrative privileges and so this creates a … [Read more...]
Zyxel Adds a Built-in User With A Easy To Find Password
Zyxel, a firewall and AP vendor, released a firmware update to their devices that included an unexpected, built-in admin user account called "zyfwp". Folks in information security often characterize this sort of hidden and hardcoded accounts as a “backdoor” account, even though it is hard to say if the vendors who do this do so intentionally or accidentally. First found by … [Read more...]
