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mozerd
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Made in China: BEWARE big time

Hack In The Box: researcher reveals ease of Huawei router access

He told the packed room in Kuala Lumpur, "I don't know if there are backdoors - but it doesn't matter since there are so many vulnerabilities."

Lindner showed that code running the routers - used by billions worldwide - is shockingly dated and riddled with security holes. While he says he has not found any new vulnerabilities per se, he says he has discovered some revelatory "special features."


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Huawei's bootloader protection apparently has a static password across the board in its routers that can't be disabled - though physical access is key to the attack.
Lindner had a slide with examples of actual current Huawei router passwords, with amusing words such as "supperman."
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Unbeknownst to nearly everyone, three representatives from Huawei were in the audience. They were not amused...
A fine example of understatement.