There had been the first botnet of Linux-Routers

Attackers managed to prove the possibility of botnet networks working on platforms other than Windows, seizing control over approximately 100 thousand ADSL mini-routers, c based on the Linux firmware, and use them as a single botnet network for DDoS attacks and spamming. Seizure control was possible because of the negligence of equipment manufacturers have committed to sign with the type a password to open to the external network web-interface or SSH / FTP / telnet port. The main purpose of this attack are ADSL modems Netcomm NB5, running Linux.

24 March 2009 | , , attack, management, network, opportunity, platform, thousand, windows

Chapter Red Hat: “I do not know how to promote Linux on the desktop. Units of the people use desktop PCs to mission-critical, so they do not want Linux”
The new version of the kernel Linux - 2.6.29

More reading: • Il y avait eu le botnet premier Linux Routeurs. »»»
Agresseurs ont réussi à prouver la possibilité de réseaux botnet... • Es war der erste Botnet von Linux-Router wurde. »»»
Angreifer gelang es, die Möglichkeit der Botnet-Netze, auf anderen Plattformen... • DDOS - what to do. If the server is only one - Linux with Apache. »»»
This article will help protect the server from DDOS attacks... • Competition Announced for $ 200k for the best interface for OpenWRT. »»»
Company Ubiquiti, using OpenWRT in their network devices, today announced... • Chuck Norris attacked Linux-routers and modems. »»»
Czech researchers have found the emergence of a new botnet...