Kevin2e Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Hello Friends, Is it possible for a router to get infected? I am getting a notification randomly from my AV software, that my router could be infected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rkiver Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Not only possible, but done quite often by the NSA and the PRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zylla Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Routers are considered small embedded devices running a custom variant of Linux on a MIPS/ARM CPU. So yeah, totally possible for a router with vulnerabilities to get "infected". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i8igmac Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Yes. Routers are hacked like its the wild wild west. Along with home iot devices. I found 30 thousand devices generating coin for one person. At the time the value was like 120$ per day. Most the time these devices are old routers from the 90's or just old devices with bad default settings like remote management is open by default with default password. Chances are your device is new and your fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin2e Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share Posted June 11, 2020 So this can be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idk_Man Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Github has a program for Kali Linux to target routers called RouterSploit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefjam7812 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Not Possible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rkiver Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 3 hours ago, jefjam7812 said: Not Possible! Incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahil56 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 16 hours ago, Rkiver said: Incorrect. Right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanicAcid Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 21 hours ago, jefjam7812 said: Not Possible! Clearly you're not aware of any router exploits like the DNS poisoning on DrayTek routers etc. It's very possible. They exist. Unpatched / out of date router firmware can be a dream come true for opportunists. However, I'm more curious about what the OPs AV is saying? Or how an AV would even know.. unless it knows DHCP is dishing out a poisoned DNS or something kooky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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