Latest ASUS news

ASUS warns of critical remote authentication bypass on 7 routers

ASUS has released a new firmware update that addresses a vulnerability impacting seven router models that allow remote attackers to log in to devices.
- Bill Toulas
- June 15, 2024
- 11:17 AM
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TheMoon malware infects 6,000 ASUS routers in 72 hours for proxy service

A new variant of "TheMoon" malware botnet has been spotted infecting thousands of outdated small office and home office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices in 88 countries.
- Bill Toulas
- March 26, 2024
- 11:00 AM
- 0
ASUS routers vulnerable to critical remote code execution flaws

Three critical-severity remote code execution vulnerabilities impact ASUS RT-AX55, RT-AX56U_V2, and RT-AC86U routers, potentially allowing threat actors to hijack devices if security updates are not installed.
- Bill Toulas
- September 05, 2023
- 10:58 AM
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ASUS urges customers to patch critical router vulnerabilities

ASUS has released new firmware with cumulative security updates that address vulnerabilities in multiple router models, warning customers to immediately update their devices or restrict WAN access until they're secured.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 19, 2023
- 01:30 PM
- 6
ASUS routers knocked offline worldwide by bad security update

ASUS has apologized to its customers for a server-side security maintenance error that has caused a wide range of impacted router models to lose network connectivity.
- Bill Toulas
- May 19, 2023
- 12:11 PM
- 5
CosmicStrand UEFI malware found in Gigabyte, ASUS motherboards

Chinese-speaking hackers have been using since at least 2016 malware that lies virtually undetected in the firmware images for some motherboards, one of the most persistent threats commonly known as a UEFI rootkit.
- Ionut Ilascu
- July 25, 2022
- 09:37 PM
- 3
ASUS warns of Cyclops Blink malware attacks targeting routers

Multiple ASUS router models are vulnerable to the Russia-linked Cyclops Blink malware threat, causing the vendor to publish an advisory with mitigations for the security risk.
- Bill Toulas
- March 17, 2022
- 01:12 PM
- 0
New ASUS BIOS updates enable TPM 2.0 support for Windows 11

ASUS has released BIOS updates for over two hundred motherboard models to automatically enable the built-in TPM 2.0 security process so that users can upgrade to Windows 11.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 09, 2021
- 12:49 PM
- 10
MAC Addresses Targeted by the ASUS Supply Chain Attack Now Available

Skylight Cyber released today an almost full list of MAC addresses used by the hacking group behind the Operation ShadowHammer to target ASUS customers with a backdoored version of the ASUS Live Update Utility.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 29, 2019
- 04:36 PM
- 0
ASUS Admits Its Live Update Utility Was Backdoored by APT Group

Asus confirmed today that its Live Update utility has been indeed infected with malicious code by an advanced persistent threat (APT) group as part of a supply chain attack which managed to compromise some of its servers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 26, 2019
- 11:55 AM
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ASUS Live Update Infected with Backdoor in Supply Chain Attack

A new advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign detected by Kaspersky Lab in January 2019 and estimated to have run between June and November 2018 has allegedly impacted over 57,000 users who have downloaded the ASUS Live Update Utility on their computers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 25, 2019
- 12:35 PM
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ASUS, GIGABYTE Drivers Contain Code Execution Vulnerabilities - PoCs Galore

Four drivers from ASUS and GIGABYTE come with several vulnerabilities that can be leveraged by an attacker to gain higher permissions on the system and to execute arbitrary code.
- Ionut Ilascu
- December 18, 2018
- 04:03 PM
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EU Fines Asus, Philips, Pioneer $130 Million for Online Price Fixing

The European Commission has levied fines against four consumer electronics manufacturers —Asus, Denon & Marantz, Philips, and Pioneer— for fixing online resale prices.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 25, 2018
- 09:32 AM
- 0
ScreenPad - A Touchscreen that Replaces the Touchpad in the Asus Zenbook Pro

At the Computex Tapei conference, Asus announced a new Zenbook Pro laptop that replaces the touchpad with a interactive touch screen called a ScreenPad. ScreenPads are high resolution displays that not only acts as a touchpad, but also allow you to launch applications and display information directly on the display.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 05, 2018
- 04:19 PM
- 0
Netgear Enables User Data Collection Feature on Popular Router Model

The latest firmware update for Netgear NightHawk R7000 routers adds support and enables an "analytics system" that collects user data and sends it to the company's servers.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 22, 2017
- 12:25 AM
- 1
40 Asus RT Router Models Are Vulnerable to Simple Hacks

40 models of the Asus RT line of home routers are affected by five vulnerabilities that allow an attacker to get ahold of the router password, change router settings without authentication, and exfiltrate router data.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 11, 2017
- 04:55 AM
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