Thousands of hacked Asus routers are under control of suspected China-state hackers So far, the hackers are laying low, likely for later use. arstechnica.com/security/2025/…
That's nothing new. 1️⃣ People buy antivirus software and install updates on their laptops, but never care about the router device, the gateway to the internet which is silently online 24/7 2️⃣ Manufacturers only provide one or two updates fixing some user facing features and done. No further security fixes.
That's why I am glad for #Turris. An open router running Linux, the OS I understand and that I use on all my PCs, laptops and servers (and soon phone I hope). With long software support. The first Turris I got is from 2015 and it still gets updates to the newest OpenWRT. ❤️
Štěpán Škorpil
in reply to Ars Technica • • •That's nothing new.
1️⃣ People buy antivirus software and install updates on their laptops, but never care about the router device, the gateway to the internet which is silently online 24/7
2️⃣ Manufacturers only provide one or two updates fixing some user facing features and done. No further security fixes.
That's why I am glad for #Turris. An open router running Linux, the OS I understand and that I use on all my PCs, laptops and servers (and soon phone I hope). With long software support. The first Turris I got is from 2015 and it still gets updates to the newest OpenWRT. ❤️