[ExI] Three different surveillance firmware implants were made in in Chinese routers sold worldwide

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 29/08/2026 21:11, John K Clark wrote:
> "These aren't conventional vulnerabilities where someone accidentally forgot to bounds-check a buffer. These are pieces of software deliberately included in the router firmware that provide remote access to the device. We would normally call this malware"
>


I don't understand the 'normally' bit.

This /is/ malware. We should be calling it malware. Why would anyone not call it malware?

-- 
Ben