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.

Old exploits can still ensnare thousands of devices

Oct 31, 2019, 2:20pm UTC
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.