Fixes in the works for Moon-struck Linksys routers
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 18:04
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org) —Self-replicating malware has struck some older Linksys routers and Linksys has acknowledged awareness of the malware, called "TheMoon." They plan to make firmware fixes for all affected products available "Linksys will be working on the affected products with a firmware fix that is planned to be posted on our website in the coming weeks," according to a company statement. Only those routers with Remote Management Access enabled within the administrative settings are vulnerable. Ars Technica characterized the attack as one that infects home and small-office wireless routers from Linksys with self-replicating malware, likely by exploiting a code-execution vulnerability in the firmware.