and - Unofficial Patch Released for Zero-Days Affecting Dasan Routers
10th May, 2018, By Catalin Cimpanu
At least five IoT botnets are fighting each other and attempting to infect Dasan GPON routers, according to Chinese cyber-security firm Qihoo 360 Netlab.
The five botnets are known under codenames such as Hajime, Mettle, Mirai, Muhstik, and Satori.
The devices they are trying to take over are GPON-capable routers manufactured by South Korean vendor Dasan. GPON stands for Gigabit Passive Optical Network and is a type of telecommunications technology for supporting internet connections via fiber optics lines.
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