Funding/M&A Eclypsium Eyes Global Expansion with $45 Million Series C Investment The investment includes equity and debt from new investors Qualcomm Ventures, Pavilion Capital, Singtel Innov8, and Sixty Degree Capital. SecurityWeek NewsJanuary 28, 2025
Malware & Threats Critical OpenWrt Flaw Exposes Firmware Update Server to Exploitation The CVE-2024-54143 vulnerability affects the OpenWrt sysupgrade server and exposes users to risks of installing malicious firmware images. Ryan NaraineDecember 9, 2024
Security Architecture Google Pushes Rust in Legacy Firmware to Tackle Memory Safety Flaws Google’s adoption of memory safe programming languages now includes the deployment of Rust in legacy low-level firmware codebases. Ryan NaraineSeptember 9, 2024
Funding/M&A Binarly Attracts $10.5M to Tackle Software Supply Chain Security Los Angeles firmware and software supply chain firm banks $10.5 million in seed-stage funding led by Two Bear Capital. SecurityWeek NewsMarch 26, 2024
Malware & Threats Chinese Gov Hackers Caught Hiding in Cisco Router Firmware The NSA and FBI warn that a Chinese state-sponsored APT called BlackTech is hacking into network edge devices and using firmware implants to silently... Ryan NaraineSeptember 27, 2023
Malware & Threats NSA Issues Guidance on Mitigating BlackLotus Bootkit Infections The National Security Agency (NSA) has released mitigation guidance to help organizations stave off BlackLotus UEFI bootkit infections. Ionut ArghireJune 23, 2023
Mobile & Wireless Asus Patches Highly Critical WiFi Router Flaws Asus patched nine WiFi router security defects, including a highly critical 2018 vulnerability that exposes users to code execution attacks. Ryan NaraineJune 19, 2023
Endpoint Security Western Digital Blocks Unpatched Devices From Cloud Services Western Digital is blocking access to its cloud services for devices running firmware versions impacted by a critical security vulnerability. Ionut ArghireJune 19, 2023