Walmart-exclusive router and others sold on Amazon & eBay contain hidden backdoors to control device
CyberNews researchers have discovered that Chinese-made wifi routers have secret backdoors which allow an attacker to not only remotely control the routers, but also any devices connected to it.
Backdoors are a means for an authorized or unauthorized person to gain access to a closed system – in this case, a router – by bypassing the standard security measures and take control, which is known as root access.
These Chinese-made low-cost routers, named as Jetstream, Wavlink and Ematic, usually are sold at Walmart, Amazon, and eBay.
CyberNews has also found evidence that an attacker has attempted to add the devices to a Mirai botnet, a malware which “infects devices connected to a network, turns them into remotely controlled bots as part of a botnet, and uses them in large-scale attacks.” It’s even possible that the router can steal your passwords on your devices no matter how many times you change them.
Source: CyberNews #Nov23
https://cybernews.com/security/walmart-exclusive-routers-others-made-in-china-contain-backdoors-to-control-devices/?fbclid=IwAR3BeD54mnvJIXnpTVKOq_1WlCYZ6ZiOuxJmjawm0PebrTcf169Z_jW5wLg
#CyberSecurity #MadeInChina #Router #Amazon #eBay #Walmart
CyberNews researchers have discovered that Chinese-made wifi routers have secret backdoors which allow an attacker to not only remotely control the routers, but also any devices connected to it.
Backdoors are a means for an authorized or unauthorized person to gain access to a closed system – in this case, a router – by bypassing the standard security measures and take control, which is known as root access.
These Chinese-made low-cost routers, named as Jetstream, Wavlink and Ematic, usually are sold at Walmart, Amazon, and eBay.
CyberNews has also found evidence that an attacker has attempted to add the devices to a Mirai botnet, a malware which “infects devices connected to a network, turns them into remotely controlled bots as part of a botnet, and uses them in large-scale attacks.” It’s even possible that the router can steal your passwords on your devices no matter how many times you change them.
Source: CyberNews #Nov23
https://cybernews.com/security/walmart-exclusive-routers-others-made-in-china-contain-backdoors-to-control-devices/?fbclid=IwAR3BeD54mnvJIXnpTVKOq_1WlCYZ6ZiOuxJmjawm0PebrTcf169Z_jW5wLg
#CyberSecurity #MadeInChina #Router #Amazon #eBay #Walmart
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Chinese routers with backdoors sold in Walmart, Amazon & eBay | Cybernews
Walmart-exclusive Jetstream routers and Wavlink routers contain hidden backdoors. The routers are actively being exploited by Mirai malware
Walmart, Intel face backlash in China for avoiding imports from Xinjiang under new U.S. law
America’s largest companies are already facing a backlash from the passage of a new U.S. law that severely restricts imports from the Xinjiang region in China, where the U.S. government and human rights advocates say businesses use forced labor to produce essential building blocks of the modern global economy, like cotton-based fabrics and silicon.
Walmart Inc. WMT, +1.06%, the world’s largest retailer, is the latest in a series of U.S. firms that have been criticized on Chinese social media amid pressure under the new law to rid its shelves of products that have been made with parts from the Muslim-majority region, according to a Monday report in the Wall Street Journal.
Source: MarketWatch #Dec29
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/walmart-intel-face-backlash-in-china-for-avoiding-imports-from-xinjiang-under-new-u-s-law-11640708195
#Walmart #Xinjiang #China
America’s largest companies are already facing a backlash from the passage of a new U.S. law that severely restricts imports from the Xinjiang region in China, where the U.S. government and human rights advocates say businesses use forced labor to produce essential building blocks of the modern global economy, like cotton-based fabrics and silicon.
Walmart Inc. WMT, +1.06%, the world’s largest retailer, is the latest in a series of U.S. firms that have been criticized on Chinese social media amid pressure under the new law to rid its shelves of products that have been made with parts from the Muslim-majority region, according to a Monday report in the Wall Street Journal.
Source: MarketWatch #Dec29
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/walmart-intel-face-backlash-in-china-for-avoiding-imports-from-xinjiang-under-new-u-s-law-11640708195
#Walmart #Xinjiang #China