Over 1 lakh Zyxel firewalls, VPN gateways at hacking risk, says report
IANSJan 2, 2021, 11:19 IST
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backdoor account in over 1 lakh networking devices manufactured by Taiwan-based company
Zyxel, that can grant hackers access to those
vulnerable devices and put data at risk.
The backdoor account, discovered by a team of Dutch security researchers from
Eye Control, is considered as bad as it gets in terms of vulnerabilities,
ZDNet reported on Saturday.
"Affected models include many of Zyxel's top products from its line of business-grade devices, usually deployed across private enterprise and government networks," the report mentioned.
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More than 1 lakh Zyxel firewalls, VPN gateways and access point controllers were reported to have been compromised by the hardcoded admin-level backdoor account.