POC

EnGenius routers found in Mirai-like botnet

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EnGenius routers were recently found in a Mirai-like botnet with a distinct network traffic fingerprint. Locating this botnet subset was a joint effort between myself and Dr. Neal Krawetz. This Mirai-like botnet traffic was fingerprinted after a distinct pattern in the packets received was identified by Dr. Krawetz. While the source port was usually randomized, … Read more

Google Project Zero Discloses New Linux Kernel Flaw

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Google Project Zero this week disclosed the details and released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a potentially serious Linux kernel vulnerability. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-17182 and assigned a severity rating of “high,” was discovered by Google Project Zero’s Jann Horn. The security hole is a use-after-free introduced in August 2014 with the release of … Read more