ASUS wireless routers were compromised by Botner, which is also aimed at Cisco, D-Link and Linksys. The method that the router is infected means that they remain under the control of attackers, even if the firmware is updated …
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security researchers in Greynoise first found, What is in the field of introduction, but in response to the fact that it was in a state.
Greynoise determined a constant operating campaign in which the attackers got an unauthorized, constant access to thousands ASUS routers, exposed to the Internet. It seems that this is part of the Stealth operation for the assembly of a distributed network of Backdoor devices – potentially laying the basis for the future botnet […]
The access of the attacker survives both the restart and update of the firmware, providing them with strong control over affected devices. The attacker supports long -term access without discarding harmful programs and not leaving obvious traces, clinging to authentication sheathing, using the well -known vulnerability and abuse of the legal characteristics of the configuration. Touched routers include RT-AC3100, RT-AC3200 and RT-AX55.
As soon as your router is compromised, then it is too late to update the firmware, notes to the computer.
These modifications allow threats to maintain access to the device even between the reboots and updates of the firmware. “ Since this key is added using the official ASUS functions, this change in the configuration is preserved as a result of the firmware updates, ” explains another related Greynoise report. Class = “WP-Block-Heading” ID = “H-what-do-too”> what to do for
If you have one of the listed ASUS models, it is recommended to drop your router as the only way to make sure that it is clean. After that, make the firmware update. Despite the fact that the update in your own won mode do not remove the infection, the update after a complete discharge will prevent it from again compromised. id = “h-hihlighted-acessories”> highlighted accessories
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