Late last month, we reported about a backdoor vulnerability that we discovered in Netcore/Netis brand routers, a backdoor that made any network attached to a router of the same brand vulnerable to online infiltration and man-in-the-middle attacks. We also reported on how our friends at the ShadowServer Foundation have been kind enough to scan for IP…
Read MoreOur friends at the ShadowServer Foundation are now scanning for the Netcore/Netis router backdoor which we found in August. Their findings are in line with what we published then: that the vast majority of those affected in China, with more than a million scanned IP addresses currently affected by this threat. The devices at these IP addresses are vulnerable…
Read MoreRouters manufactured by Netcore, a popular brand for networking equipment in China, have a wide-open backdoor that can be fairly easily exploited by attackers. These products are also sold under the Netis brand name outside of China. This backdoor allows cybercriminals to easily run arbitrary code on these routers, rendering it vulnerable as a security device. What…
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