Millions of home routers could be hacked by this simple bug
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Cybersecurity researchers have shared details about threat actors actively exploiting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the Arcadyan firmware in routers to add them to the Mirai botnet.
The vulnerable devices include several routers from multiple vendors and ISPs, including Asus, British Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, O2 (Telefonica), Verizon, Vodafone, Telstra, and Telus.
Based on the list of vendors, researchers from Juniper Threat Labs estimate that the bug probably impacts millions of routers. The researchers came across the attack exploiting the vulnerability while tracking the activity of a threat actor that’s known for targeting network and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
