[ale] Got Asus Wifi Router?

[neal at mnopltd.com]

Hmmm.  Yes.  We've got three at church.   Two for the pre-school 
program.

All are sitting behind a Ubiquiti router, connected to primary comcast.  
  Are there exploits that might wander in with the little kiddies, if 
their notebooks were compromized?

If I recall, the bulletin BEFORE this one from ASUS suggested you nuke 
your router to defaults, and re-configure it from scratch.   Not 
attractive.

There are zero notes or documentation on this one.   Just a .trx file.  
I'm guessing you fire up the browser admin interface and point it to the 
update.  Hoping they aren't asking you to re-configure.   I'm down with 
saving the config first, just in case.

Neal

On 2022-04-08 21:09, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:
> Sean, there's a exploit on some Asus routers. Plug your model into:
> 
> https://www.asus.com/support/download-center
> 
> and update the firmware if it's not current.
> 
> Leam
> 
> On 4/8/22 19:44, Sean Kilpatrick via Ale wrote:
>> Jim,
>> Need a little help here w/ the Asus router. Am just back from the 
>> hospital after suffering a mild stroke.
>> Typing is MUCH slower; walking is a bit weird,  Am so pumped full of 
>> drugs I need a spreadsheet to keep it all straight!
>> But I have been out of the loop for a week or so.  What's the problem 
>> with ASUS routers?  Mine does not seem to be
>> doing anything weird,
>> 
>> Sean
>> 
>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 3:29 PM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org 
>> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>> 
>>     You'll know if you need because it stopped working. Saw a blurb 
>> the fed had a search and disable process running due to the high 
>> impact of these cracked devices.
>> 
>>     On April 8, 2022 1:31:36 PM EDT, DJPfulio--- via Ale <ale at ale.org 
>> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>         Then be certain to patch it ASAP.
>>         
>> https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/04/actions-target-russian-govt-botnet-hydra-dark-market/ 
>>  
>> <https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/04/actions-target-russian-govt-botnet-hydra-dark-market/>
>> 
>>         The fix was released 4/1.
>>         
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