Is your Asus router part of a botnet? How to check - and what you can do

Asus / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Do you own an Asus router? If so, your device may have been one of thousands compromised in a large campaign waged by cybercriminals looking to exploit it. In a blog post published May 28, security firm GreyNoise revealed that the attack was staged by what it suggests is "a well-resourced and highly capable adversary." Also: Massive data breach exposes 184 million passwords for Google, Microsoft, Facebook and more To gain initial access, the attackers used brute-force login techniques and two different methods to bypass the built-in authentication. They were also able to exploit certain vulnerabilities not yet assigned official CVE numbers. Once they'd accessed the router, they were able to run arbitrary system commands by exploiting a known security flaw labeled CVE-2023-39780. In a statement shared with ZDNET, Asus acknowledged the vulnerability and said that it had sent a push notification to customers advising them to update the firmware on t ... Read full article.