ASUS routers have emerged as the target of a nascent botnet called Cyclops Blink, almost a month after it was revealed the malware abused WatchGuard firewall appliances as a stepping stone to gain remote access to breached networks. According to a new report published by Trend Micro, the botnet's "main purpose is to build an infrastructure for further attacks on high-value … [Read more...] about New Variant of Russian Cyclops Blink Botnet Targeting ASUS Routers
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Critical Flaws Discovered in Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers
Cisco has patched multiple critical security vulnerabilities impacting its RV Series routers that could be weaponized to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code on affected systems, while also warning of the existence of proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code targeting some of these bugs. Three of the 15 flaws, tracked as CVE-2022-20699, CVE-2022-20700, and CVE-2022-20707, … [Read more...] about Critical Flaws Discovered in Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers
New KCodes NetUSB Bug Affect Millions of Routers from Different Vendors
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a high severity flaw in KCodes NetUSB component that's integrated into millions of end-user router devices from Netgear, TP-Link, Tenda, EDiMAX, D-Link, and Western Digital, among others. KCodes NetUSB is a Linux kernel module that enables devices on a local network to provide USB-based services over IP. Printers, external hard drives, … [Read more...] about New KCodes NetUSB Bug Affect Millions of Routers from Different Vendors
Critical Flaws Reported in Cisco VPN Routers for Businesses—Patch ASAP
Cisco has rolled out fixes for multiple critical vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Small Business routers that could potentially allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as the root user on an affected device. The flaws — tracked from CVE-2021-1289 through CVE-2021-1295 (CVSS score 9.8) — impact RV160, RV160W, RV260, RV260P, and … [Read more...] about Critical Flaws Reported in Cisco VPN Routers for Businesses—Patch ASAP
125 New Flaws Found in Routers and NAS Devices from Popular Brands
The world of connected consumer electronics, IoT, and smart devices is growing faster than ever with tens of billions of connected devices streaming and sharing data wirelessly over the Internet, but how secure is it?As we connect everything from coffee maker to front-door locks and cars to the Internet, we're creating more potential—and possibly more dangerous—ways for hackers … [Read more...] about 125 New Flaws Found in Routers and NAS Devices from Popular Brands