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Vulnerabilities expose Iomega and LenovoEMC NAS devices to attacks

Lenovo has launched an alert for nine “high-risk” rated vulnerabilities that impact 20 network attached storage devices (NAS) sold by the company, including its LenovoEMC, Iomega, and other Lenovo-branded NAS devices, as reported by specialists in ethical hacking. By exploiting one of these command-injection vulnerabilities in the operating system of the NAS devices, an attacker could take over the […]

Hardcoded Backdoor Found In WD My Cloud NAS With Username “MyDlink”

In yet another revelation of severe loopholes, a security researcher James Bercegay from Gulftech has discovered a backdoor in some models of the My Cloud NAS (Network-attached storage) drive family, manufactured by Western Digital. According to the blog post, the vulnerabilities, which include a hardcoded backdoor, can be used to access files even on a […]

Hacking the Western Digital MyCloud NAS

Sometimes at Exploitee.rs, we look for fun devices to hack and sometimes the devices find us. Today we’re going to talk about a recent time where we found ourselves in the latter situation and our experience with the Western Digital series of Networked Attached Storage devices. In the middle of last year I (Zenofex) began […]

Say “Cyber” again—Ars cringes through CSI: Cyber

CBS endangered cyber-procedural: Plane hacking! Software defined radio! White noise! OMG!. There are lots of cringeworthy technology moments on television, especially when the words “hacking” and “cyber” are introduced into the plot. But of all the broadcast and cable networks, CBS is the biggest purveyor of techno-idiocy, proving again and again that none of the producers […]

European Parliament invites Snowden to testify against NSA’s Surveillance

A European Parliament committee has approved inviting the ex-NSA contractor, Edward Snowden, to testify for US snooping on the EU leaders through a video link. The Justice and Civil Liberties Committee of the parliament voted 36-2 with one abstention in favor of seeking testimony from the US whistleblower who has sought asylum in Moscow temporarily. […]