Hardware/Network
600,000 cable modems have an easy to pop backdoor in a backdoor • The Register
Reported by theregister.co.uk
Security bod Bernardo Rodrigues has found a backdoor-within-a-backdoor affecting some 600,000 Arris cable modems.
The broadband kit company said, in a statement to El Reg, that it is working ‘around the clock’ to fix the problems.
Rodrigues (@bernardomr), a vulnerability tester with Brazil’s Globo television network, reported the undocumented library in three Arris cable modems.