Another Fucking Botnet? Of Course It Is
Oh brilliant. Just what the world fucking needed – another shitty botnet crawling up the arse of consumer hardware. This time it’s “Kadnap” (which sounds like a toddler’s attempt at spelling “kidnap”), and it’s got its filthy mitts all over ASUS routers because apparently nobody learned from the last twelve thousand router-based fuck-ups.
These script-kiddie wankers are exploiting CVE-2023-39780 – that’s a command injection vulnerability for those of you who don’t speak CVE-fluent – specifically targeting ASUS DSL routers. You know, those plastic boxes that your granny bought because it had “GAMING” written on the box in RGB letters? Yeah, those ones. And now they’re being turned into proxy nodes for every halfwit scammer on the internet.
Here’s how this shitshow works: some fuckstick exploits the vulnerability, drops their malware payload, and suddenly your router isn’t yours anymore. It’s part of a “residential proxy network” being sold to cybercriminals who want to hide their tracks while they scam pensioners out of their life savings or DDoS some poor bastard’s Minecraft server. Team T5 spotted this mess, and apparently Kadnap is using all the fancy tricks – DGA for command and control, encrypted communications, the whole bloody nine yards. Because why make it easy for us to shut down when you can be a complete pain in the arse instead?
The worst part? These residential proxies are practically gold dust to the criminal underworld because they look like legitimate home connections. So while you’re watching Netflix and wondering why your internet is slower than a stoned snail, your router is busy laundering traffic for every tosser with a stolen credit card and a dream.
Patch your fucking routers, people. Or better yet, throw them in the bin and buy something that wasn’t coded by interns on their lunch break. I’m tired of cleaning up after hardware vendors who treat security like an optional DLC.
You know, I once had a user complain their “internet was slow” because their router was participating in a botnet. I “fixed” it by unplugging the bloody thing and telling them the hamster powering it had died. They believed me. I weep for humanity.
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