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FiberHome Routers Plagged with Vulnerabilities and Backdoors

FiberHome Networks is a major player in telecommunications and networking equipment for the Chinese market and trade allies, with hundreds of thousands of customers using their routers worldwide. There’s plenty to tell about this company but today’s news is regarding the worrisome finding of at least 28 backdoor accounts and...

Iranian Hackers Access Unprotected ICS at Israeli Water Facility

Over the years, cybersecurity professionals have warned organizations in the energy and water sectors of the dangers of exposed Human Machine Interface systems which are easy targets for malicious actors. The need to secure HMIs in the water sector came to light recently, when a group of Iranian hackers accessed...

A Step Closer: A Desalination Mystery Solved Aims to a More Accessible Process

Access to safe drinking water is one of the biggest challenges that humankind faces. We don’t only have large populations in Africa that don’t have access to safe drinking water but there are new problems looming in the horizon. Pollution, climate change, and exponential population growth, especially in poor regions...

3 New Severe Security Vulnerabilities Found in SolarWind Software

Three major security vulnerabilities impacting SolarWinds products have recently been discovered. According to cybersecurity experts, the most severe flaw could be exploited to achieve remote code execution with escalated privileges. Insights from a technical analysis published by cybersecurity firm, Trustwave revealed that two of the weaknesses (CVE-2021-25274 and CVE-2021-25275) are...

Florida Water Treatment Plant Hacked in What Could Be a Tragic Event

At Julie Security, we have addressed the scary possibility of utility companies getting hit by cyberattacks and the potential impact on society at large.  Fortunately, many organizations out there make good use of the security technologies available to them, protecting their infrastructures, and such attacks don’t get to become fruitful....

NB-IoT vs. Cat-M1: Which is Better for Your Massive IoT Needs

Most modern organizations know that digitization is essential for staying competitive and agile. IoT solutions can provide the necessary boost for fixing pressing problems, limiting risks, increasing efficiency, and making better fact-based business decisions. IoT is rapidly approaching the point of moving beyond testing stages in a few operations to...