Liam Tung
| August 26, 2021 — 10:05 GMT (11:05 BST)
| Topic: Security
A recently disclosed flaw in chipsets from Taiwanese semiconductor company Realtek is being targeted by a botnet based on the old IoT malware, Mirai.
German security firm IoT Inspector reports that the Realtek bug, tracked as CVE-2021-35395, affects over 200 Wi-Fi and router products from 65 vendors, including Asus, Belkin, China Mobile, Compal, D-Link, LG, Logitec, Netgear, ZTE, and Zyxel.
The flaw is located in a Realtek software developer kit (SDK) and is currently under attack from a group using a variant of the IoT malware, Mirai, which is designed to function on devices with budget processors and little memory.
Should an attack be successful, it would give the attacker full control of the Wi-Fi module and root access to the device’s operating system.
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Liam Tung
| August 26, 2021 — 10:05 GMT (11:05 BST)
| Topic: Security