Jul 21, 2023THNVulnerability / Botnet Several distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets have been observed exploiting a critical flaw in Zyxel devices that came to light in April 2023 to gain remote control of vulnerable systems. "Through the capture of exploit traffic, the attacker's IP address was identified, and it was determined that the attacks were occurring in … [Read more...] about DDoS Botnets Hijacking Zyxel Devices to Launch Devastating Attacks
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Watch Out! Zyxel Firewalls and VPNs Under Active Cyberattack
Taiwanese networking equipment company Zyxel is warning customers of an ongoing attack targeting a "small subset" of its security products such as firewall and VPN servers. Attributing the attacks to a "sophisticated threat actor," the firm noted that the attacks single out appliances that have remote management or SSL VPN enabled, namely in the USG/ZyWALL, USG FLEX, ATP, and … [Read more...] about Watch Out! Zyxel Firewalls and VPNs Under Active Cyberattack
Secret Backdoor Account Found in Several Zyxel Firewall, VPN Products
Zyxel has released a patch to address a critical vulnerability in its firmware concerning a hardcoded undocumented secret account that could be abused by an attacker to login with administrative privileges and compromise its networking devices. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-29583 (CVSS score 7.8), affects version 4.60 present in wide-range of Zyxel devices, including Unified … [Read more...] about Secret Backdoor Account Found in Several Zyxel Firewall, VPN Products