ZYXEL

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2021
Zyxel warns customers of attacks on its enterprise firewall and VPN devices

Networking equipment giant Zyxel warns customers of a series of attacks that have been targeting some of its enterprise firewall and VPN devices. Networking equipment vendor Zyxel warned its customers of a series of attacks that have been targeting some of its enterprise firewall and VPN server solutions. The threat actors are targeting the USG, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2021
Recently disclosed CVE-2020-29583 Zyxel flaw already under opportunistic attack

Threat actors are attempting to hack Zyxel devices exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerability CVE-2020-29583, security researchers warn. The Taiwanese vendor Zyxel has recently addressed a critical vulnerability in its firmware, tracked as CVE-2020-29583, related to the presence of a hardcoded undocumented secret account. The vulnerability received a CVSS score of 7.8, it could be exploited by […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 01, 2021
Expert found a secret backdoor in Zyxel firewall and VPN

Zyxel addressed a critical flaw in its firmware, tracked as CVE-2020-29583, related to the presence of a hardcoded undocumented secret account. The Taiwanese vendor Zyxel has addressed a critical vulnerability in its firmware related to the presence of a hardcoded undocumented secret account. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-29583 received a CVSS score of 7.8, it could be exploited […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2020
Zyxel addresses Zero-Day vulnerability in NAS devices

Tech vendor Zyxel addresses a critical vulnerability in several network-attached storage (NAS) devices that is already being exploited in the wild. Zyxel has released security patches to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-9054, that affects several NAS devices. The flaw can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker, it resides in the weblogin.cgi CGI executable […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2019
Some Zyxel devices can be hacked via DNS requests

Experts at SEC Consult discovered several security issues in various Zyxel devices that allow to hack them via unauthenticated DNS requests. Security researchers at SEC Consult discovered multiple vulnerabilities in various Zyxel devices, including hardcoded credentials and issues that could allow to hack them via unauthenticated DNS requests. The first issue is an information disclosure […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2017
Thai TrueOnline ZyXEL and Billion routers still unpatched since July

The security researcher Pedro Ribeiro disclosed several vulnerabilities in the ZyXEL customized routers that could be easily exploited by hackers. Details on serious vulnerabilities in a number of routers freely distributed by the TrueOnline Thai ISP were published on Monday after private disclosures made to the vendors in July went unanswered. The security researcher Pedro Ribeiro from […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2016
ZyXEL Customized Routers plagues by multiple vulnerabilities

According to the firm SecuriTeam, several ZyXEL customized routers are affected by many vulnerabilities that could be easily exploited by hackers. According to the firm SecuriTeam, multiple ZyXEL customized routers are affected by many vulnerabilities. The devices are distributed by the Thai IPS TrueOnline. The ZyXEL customized routers are offered for free to the customers with default settings, including default accounts […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2014
SOHO pharming attack hit more that 300,000 devices worldwide

Researchers at Team Cymru published a detailed report on a large scale SOHO pharming attack that hit more that 300,000 devices worldwide. Another mass compromise of small office/home office (SOHO) wireless routers has been uncovered by researchers from security firm Team Cymru. The hackers adopted different techniques to exploit the numerous flaws discovered in the last months […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2014
TP-LINK TD-W8951ND Routers provided by Algerie Telecom are vulnerable

Algerie Telecom TP-LINK TD-W8951ND Routers are vulnerable, they contain a critical vulnerability exploitable to gain unauthorized access and reveal user’s password. Also TP-LINK routers are vulnerable, this is the latest chapter in the saga of the vulnerabilities present in our routers after that a security researcher discovered serious flaw in CISCO, Linksys and Netgear, meanwhile […]