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Anarchy botmaster builds a botnet of 18,000 Huawei routers in a few hours

Security Affairsby @securityaffairs ()3 min read1 · 1 read
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2014-8361
Improper Input Validation in Realtek SDK miniigd SOAP Service Enables Remote RCE
—100%KEV—
KEV
CVE-2017-17215
Huawei HG532 with some customized versions has a remote code execution vulnerability
8.878%

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
ipv4104.244.72.82nubhav (@ankit_anubhav) July 18, 2018 Ketashi botnet hxxp://104.244.72.82 hxxp://104.244.72.82/sister hxxp://104.244.72.82/k http://1
md5c3cf80d13a04996b68d7d20eaf1baea8ing public for obvious reasons. The bin in his botnet md5 > c3cf80d13a04996b68d7d20eaf1baea8 As one can see, it uses only 1 exploit, 2017-17215. 2/n pic
urlhttp://104.244.72.82Ankit Anubhav (@ankit_anubhav) July 18, 2018 Ketashi botnet hxxp://104.244.72.82 hxxp://104.244.72.82/sister hxxp://104.244.72.82/k http://1
urlhttp://104.244.72.82/kshi botnet hxxp://104.244.72.82 hxxp://104.244.72.82/sister hxxp://104.244.72.82/k http://104.244.72.82/gpon #ketashi @360Netlab @ankit_anubha
urlhttp://104.244.72.82/sister_anubhav) July 18, 2018 Ketashi botnet hxxp://104.244.72.82 hxxp://104.244.72.82/sister hxxp://104.244.72.82/k http://104.244.72.82/gpon #ketashi @

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3 min read at securityaffairs.com

The popular Anarchy botmaster builds a botnet of 18,000 Huawei routers in a few hours, and it is also planning to target vulnerable Realtek routers. NewSky Security first reported the born a new huge botnet, in just one day the botmaster compromised more than 18,000 Huawei routers. NewSky security researcher Ankit Anubhav announced that the botnet had already infected 18,000 routers.

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