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.