Old exploits can still ensnare thousands of devices

Old exploits can still ensnare thousands of devices

4 years ago
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-gafgyt-variant-recruits-routers-to-ddos-servers-for-valve-games/

A new version of Gafgyt botnet malware has been enlisting routers from Zyxel and Huawei, as well as devices with Realtek RTL81xx chipset, using them for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against servers running the Valve Source engine.

To compromise the targets, this Gafgyt variant exploits three known remote code execution vulnerabilities affecting the targeted devices.