Botnet Worm Targets DSL Modems and Routers 272
CoreDuo writes "The people who bring you the DroneBL DNS Blacklist services, while investigating an ongoing DDoS incident, have discovered a botnet composed of exploited DSL modems and routers. OpenWRT/DD-WRT devices all appear to be vulnerable. What makes this worm impressive is the sophisticated nature of the bot, and the potential damage it can do not only to an unknowing end user, but to small businesses using non-commercial Internet connections, and to the unknowing public taking advantage of free Wi-Fi services. The botnet is believed to have infected 100,000 hosts." A followup to the article notes that the bot's IRC control channel now claims that it has been shut down, though the ongoing DDoS attack on DroneBL suggests otherwise.
Tomato (Score:3, Funny)
Don't forget, Tomatoes get worms too!
Easy fix (Score:5, Funny)
ssh to your router
ifconfig eth0 down
All fixed, not vulnerable anymore.
Re:Hackers. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What to do about it? (Score:5, Funny)
> ...the default configuration doesn't allow remote access from the Internet at all.
True. The crackers have to use the bot that controls his pc and the default password that he didn't change.
Re:How Can I Determine If My D-Link Router is Linu (Score:1, Funny)
Mine's your mom's safe word.
Re:Tomato (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hackers. (Score:3, Funny)
However, after they met Americans which are greasy and yellowy white just like popcorn, they stopped eating it altogether.
They put it over pizza so that the Yakuza can torture its victims. Japanese people are so scared of becoming fat like Americans that they would rather commit Hairy Curry also known as Sailor Fuku than eating corn pizza.
Re:Hackers. (Score:3, Funny)
they would rather commit Hairy Curry also known as Sailor Fuku than eating corn pizza.
I don't even know where to begin on this one...
Re:Hackers. (Score:5, Funny)
The difference is... when you get desperate enough to eat disgustingly bad pizza, your friends won't bring it up for the next ten years at every possible occasion.
Re:Is my ass hanging in the wind? (Score:1, Funny)
Depends. What's your password?
Re:Is my ass hanging in the wind? (Score:3, Funny)
Apologies. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder.
Re:Hackers. (Score:4, Funny)
Some sex crust is so bad it's inedible too.
Re:Hackers. (Score:3, Funny)
You're not supposed to eat the handle.
Re:Hackers. (Score:3, Funny)
When you eat a really bad pizza, you can only really bring it up the once...