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tlhIngan
join:2002-07-08
Richmond, BC

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Re: Linux embedded devices being used in botnet

Also works if you don't change your password and your computer gets infected behind the router. Or if you get infected while out and about, then bring your laptop back home...

koitsu
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said by tlhIngan:

Also works if you don't change your password and your computer gets infected behind the router. Or if you get infected while out and about, then bring your laptop back home...
I didn't know there were Windows trojans which were brute-forcing SSH/telnet passwords on LAN routers. I don't think the original article mentioned anything of the such -- are you aware of anything like this in the wild?

KodiacZiller
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said by tlhIngan:

Also works if you don't change your password and your computer gets infected behind the router. Or if you get infected while out and about, then bring your laptop back home...
Care to explain how an infected Windows box would be able to infect a router running DD-WRT/Tomato/OpenRT?