Research
Learn about NUCLEUS:13 and How to Mitigate Risks
Forescout Research Labs with support from Medigate Labs have discovered a set of 13 new vulnerabilities affecting the Nucleus TCP/IP stack, which we are collectively calling NUCLEUS:13. The new vulnerabilities allow for remote code execution, denial of service, and information leak. Nucleus is used in safety-critical devices, such as anesthesia machines, patient monitors and others in healthcare.
About Forescout Research Labs
The goal of Forescout Research Labs is to foster innovation in the areas of device visibility, behavioral control and cybersecurity for any networked device in the hyper-connected world. We analyze the security implications of the Enterprise of Things, striving to enhance visibility and control of connected devices, examine the emerging challenges that face cybersecurity stakeholders and improve organizations’ abilities to identify, understand and manage these threats and risks.
Forescout Research Labs works closely with researchers in prominent universities and research institutes to inform and drive research and development efforts across IT, IoT, cyber-physical and OT/ICS cybersecurity. Our researchers also analyze deployment data from more than 12 million devices in the Forescout Device Cloud to better understand the cyber risks facing organizations today.
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Latest Research Reports
INFRA:HALT - Jointly discovering and mitigating large-scale OT vulnerabilities
Forescout Research Labs and JFrog Security Research discover 14 new vulnerabilities affecting closed source TCP/IP stack NicheStack, allowing for Denial of Service or Remote Code Execution primarily affecting operational technology (OT) and industrial control system (ICS) devices.
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NAME:WRECK – 9 DNS Vulnerabilities
Forescout Research Labs, partnering with JSOF Research, disclosed NAME:WRECK, a set of nine Domain Name System (DNS) vulnerabilities that impact four TCP/IP stacks and affect 100+ million IoT devices with the potential to cause either Denial of Service (DoS) or Remote Code Execution, allowing attackers to take targeted devices offline or to gain control over them. Read the report to learn how to protect enterprise IT, IoT and OT devices.
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NUMBER:JACK – Weak ISN Generation in Embedded TCP/IP Stacks
In the second study of Project Memoria, Forescout Research Labs discovers NUMBER:JACK, a set of vulnerabilities related to ISN generation that can be used to hijack or spoof TCP connections.
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AMNESIA:33 – 33 Memory-Corruption Vulnerabilities
Forescout Research Labs discovered 33 new memory-corruption vulnerabilities that impact open source TCP/IP stacks – four scoring as critical. The report details how enterprises can identify these risks and take protective action to avoid breaches.
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The Underlying Risks Found in Healthcare Devices
Forescout Research Labs analyzed Device Cloud data from healthcare organizations to determine how TCP/IP stack vulnerabilities affect them. The report details 20 significant findings and provides four critical recommendations to mitigate risks to your organization.
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New Research Identifies Security Risks in Healthcare
Analysis of healthcare delivery organizations reveals insights into increased attack surfaces and security risks.
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Enterprise of Things Security Report: The State of IoT Security in 2020
Forescout Research Labs identifies the top 10 riskiest devices and helps security teams determine the most effective next steps to secure them.
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Rise of the Machines – Transforming Cybersecurity Strategy for the Age of IoT
This research paper dives into the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution, the risks and challenges it brings and how to transform your cybersecurity strategy to protect your enterprise network in the age of IoT.
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BAS Research Report: The Current State of Smart Building Cybersecurity
The Forescout OT Research Team offers an analysis of its vulnerability and malware research for devices commonly used in building automation system (BAS) networks.
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Putting Healthcare Security Under the Microscope
The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) continues to offer exciting possibilities for healthcare organizations to improve patient care. However, this digital transformation and increase in connectivity is also introducing new privacy and security risks. The device landscape is growing exponentially, adding to the complexity of networks and making it difficult to manage and improve their security posture.
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Banking on Security: Leveraging Device Data to Manage Risk in Financial Services
Forescout’s Research team analyzed device deployments from some of the world’s leading financial institutions and identified disturbing findings that indicate a lack of maturity in key areas such as device visibility and network segmentation. The research suggests that many banking and retail devices are within proximity of non-traditional (IoT and OT) devices, exposing networks to elevated opportunities for attackers to move laterally between critical infrastructure and the data center.
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From Events to TTPs: Maturing OT Incident Response with MITRE ATT&CK for ICS
The growing threat landscape for operational technology (OT) networks, exemplified by a number of recent ransomware attacks, has prompted critical infrastructure organizations to better prepare themselves for impactful cyber incidents. To do this, stakeholders responsible for critical infrastructure and services are maturing their security operations centers (SOCs) and increasing their use of cyber threat intelligence (CTI). Many now consider adversarial Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) to be their most valuable CTI tool.
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Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure
At Forescout, we believe in coordinated disclosure practices. In cases where our dedicated research team discovers security vulnerabilities in third-party vendors’ software, hardware or products, we make good-faith efforts to privately contact the third-party vendor with details of the findings and give them a chance to fix the issues before releasing the research to the public. Please refer to our Vulnerability Disclosure Policy for further information.