Internet-Kriminelle haben weltweit tausende Router gekapert und zu einem gefährlichen „Botnetz“ zusammengeschaltet.
Die Software namens „KadNap“ schleicht sich unbemerkt auf das Gerät. 14.000 Router seien bisher schon betroffen.
https://www.techzeitgeist.de/kadnap-kompromittiert-14-000-router-im-netz/
New #KadNap #botnet hijacks #ASUS routers to fuel #cybercrime #proxy network
Researchers Discover 14,000 #Routers Wrangled Into Never-Before-Seen #Botnet
Researchers say they have uncovered a takedown-resistant botnet of 14,000 routers and other network devices -- primarily made by #Asus -- that have been conscripted into a proxy network that #anonymously carries traffic used for #cybercrime. The #malware -- dubbed #KadNap -- takes hold by #exploiting #vulnerabilities that have gone #unpatched by their owners
#privacy #security #exploit
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Researchers say they have uncovered a takedown-resistant botnet of 14,000 routers and other network devices -- primarily made by Asus -- that have been conscripted into a proxy network that anonymously carries traffic used for cybercrime. The ma...
Depuis plusieurs mois, un botnet baptisé KadNap infecte des routeurs ASUS pour les transformer en proxies résidentiels utilisés par des cybercriminels. Sa particularité tient à une architecture pair-à-pair, inspirée du protocole Kademlia, qui complique l’identification de l’infrastructure de contrôle.
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