Realtek flaw exposes dozens of brands to supply chain attacks

A recently disclosed flaw in chipsets from Taiwanese semiconductor company Realtek is being targeted by a botnet based on the old IoT malware, Mirai.

German security firm IoT Inspector reports that the Realtek bug, tracked as CVE-2021-35395, affects over 200 Wi-Fi and router products from 65 vendors, including Asus, Belkin, China Mobile, Compal, D-Link, LG, Logitec, Netgear, ZTE, and Zyxel.

[ Source : ZNet ]

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