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New Linux worm targeting your home routers, security cameras, more

article published on 30 November, 2013

Researchers have found a new and scary Linux worm that is infecting home routers, set-top boxes, security cameras and other devices with an Internet connection. Linux.Darlloz can target devices that run on Intel-made CPUs, so right now the threat is considered 'low-level.' Symantec researcher Kaoru Hayashi says minor modifications could make the worm potent, if they incorporate available ... [ read the full article ]

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dali
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_ 		2. December 2013 @ 06:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Please, be calm and don't send your old routers to the trash just yet.

The key of the article is "with well-known ID and passwords".

Meaning: "If you are dumb enough to let the http port of your device open to the wild outside world without changing its default ID and password, you deserve to be infected with whatever evil junk is out there, because you're asking very loudly to be hacked and it's quite a miracle that such thing hadn't happened until now".
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"You know, it seems that quotes on the internet are becoming less and less reliable." -Abraham Lincoln.

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 3. December 2013 @ 13:50
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