Hundreds of millions of cable modems are vulnerable to new security flaw.
Cable modems using Broadcom chips are vulnerable to a new vulnerability named Cable Haunt, researchers say.
The vulnerability, codenamed Cable Haunt, is believed to impact an estimated 200 million cable modems in Europe alone, the research team said today.
Hundreds of millions of cable modems are vulnerable to new Cable Haunt vulnerability
Cable modems using Broadcom chips are vulnerable to a new vulnerability named Cable Haunt, researchers say.
The vulnerability, codenamed Cable Haunt, is believed to impact an estimated 200 million cable modems in Europe alone, the research team said today.
Using Cable Haunt, an attacker could:
• Change default DNS server
• Conduct remote man-in-the-middle attacks
• Hot-swap code or even the entire firmware
• Upload, flash, and upgrade firmware silently
• Disable ISP firmware upgrade
• Change every config file and settings
• Get and Set SNMP OID values
• Change all associated MAC Addresses
• Change serial numbers
• Be exploited in botnet
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