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Researchers Warn Attackers Are Scanning for Zyxel Products

Source: Zyxel Security researchers are warning that attackers appear to have stepped up scanning for vulnerable Zyxel products, including VPN gateways, access point controllers and firewalls. A vulnerability in the company s firmware, which was first disclosed in December by researchers, can be exploited to install a hard-coded backdoor that could give threat actors remote administrative privileges. Dutch security firm Eye Control, which first uncovered the flaw, believes the bug could affect as many as 100,000 Zyxel products worldwide. Following the disclosure of the vulnerability, Zyxel issued patches in some of its products and is urging its customers to apply them immediately. In the security advisory, however, the company notes that a fix for its NXC access point controller series products would not be released until April (see:

Cybercriminals Ramp Up Exploits Against Serious Zyxel Flaw

minute read Share this article: More than 100,000 Zyxel networking products could be vulnerable to a hardcoded credential vulnerability (CVE-2020-29583) potentially allowing cybercriminal device takeover. Security experts are warning hackers are ramping up attempts to exploit a high-severity vulnerability that may still reside in over 100,000 Zyxel Communications products. Zyxel, a Taiwanese manufacturer of networking devices, on Dec. 23 warned of the flaw in its firmware (CVE-2020-29583) and released patches to address the issue. Zyxel devices are generally utilized by small businesses as firewalls and VPN gateways. Fast forward to this week, several security researchers have spotted “opportunistic exploitation” of Zyxel devices that have not yet received updates addressing the vulnerability.

Secret backdoor discovered in Zyxel firewall and AP controllers

Secret backdoor discovered in Zyxel firewall and AP controllers
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