Chinese-Made Zbtlink Routers Ship With Backdoor That Opens Unauthenticated Root Shells
- ID
- 11452
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 06 Aug 2026, 4:05 PM
- Fetched
- 06 Aug 2026, 4:29 PM
- Provider
- The Hacker News
- Category
- security
- Original URL
- https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/chinese-made-zbtlink-routers-ship-with.html
- Source URL
- https://feeds.feedburner.com/TheHackersNews
Excerpt
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a "factory-shipped backdoor" implanted in at least 20 Chinese router models from Zbtlink. According to a new report from VulnCheck, the implant appears in all 21 firmware images currently available from Zbtlink that span more than 2 years. The backdoors are designed such that they start automatically and attempt to beacon to Chinese
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