Tag: udp
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More than two million home routers have ‘wide open backdoor’
Default password makes vulnerability easy to exploit. Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered an easy-to-exploit backdoor in routers from Chinese manufacturer Netcore , that allows an attacker to take almost complete control of the device, with very little that users can do to protect themselves. The backdoor consists of the router listening on UDP port…
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New Zeus/SpyEye botnet does away with command-and-control servers
Increasing use of UDP to avoid communication tracking. Researchers at Symantec have discovered a new parallel build of Zeus (also known as Zbot) and SpyEye that appears to be entirely controlled through peer-to-peer communication. Most botnets are controlled through a number of command-and-control servers, that are used to control the behaviour of the thousands of…