CVE-2014-9222

The Misfortune Cookie flaw is threatening medical equipment that connects bedside devices to the hospital’s network infrastructure. In December 2104, researchers at Check Point Software Technologies discovered the Misfortune Cookie vulnerability, a flaw that was affecting millions of devices running an embedded web server called RomPager, the vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker to run a man-in-the-middle attack on […]

A vulnerability in Qualcomm Life Capsule Datacaptor Terminal Server (DTS) can be easily exploited to allow attackers to execute unauthorized code to obtain administrator-level privileges on the device. The vulnerability was flagged by Elad Luz, Head of Research at CyberMDX, and Qualcomm Life and Capsule Technologies SAS have pushed out firmware that plugs the hole. About the Capsule’s DTS Capsule DTS is a medical gateway device used by hospitals to connect their medical devices – … More →

Experts from security firm WordFence reported a rapid reduction of WordPress attacks originating from hundreds of ISPs worldwide. Experts at the security firm Wordfence a few weeks ago reported that tens of thousands of flawed routers from dozens of ISPs worldwide were recruited in a botnet used to power several types of attacks against WordPress […]

Hackers exploited the CVE-2014-9222 flaw, also known as ‘Misfortune Cookie’, to hack thousands of home routers and abuse them for WordPress attacks. According to the experts at the security firm Wordfence tens of thousands, of home routers have been hacked and used to power cyber attacks on WordPress websites. The security firm observed a spike in […]

Tens of thousands of vulnerable home routers have been hacked and abused to launch attacks on WordPress websites, security firm Wordfence reported on Tuesday.

Update: By popular request, we have created a tool that lets you check if your own home router is vulnerable to the problems discussed in this post. Visit this page to check if your home router has port 7547 open or if it’s running a vulnerable version of RomPager. Last week, while creating the Wordfence monthly … Read More

Millions of small office and home (SOHO) routers are affected by a critical security bug that can be exploited by a remote attacker to hijack the devices, Check Point revealed on Thursday.

More than 12 million devices are vulnerable to a simple attack that could compromise their home routers exploiting a vulnerability called Misfortune Cookie. More than 12 Million Home Routers are affected by a vulnerability called Misfortune Cookie that expose users to the risk of cyber attack. Researchers at Check Point Software Technologies reported the Misfortune Cookie flaw affects millions of devices running […]