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BGP Hijack Delivers Malicious Virtualizor Update That Establishes Persistent Root Access
A BGP hijack delivered a malicious Virtualizor update; one provider found root compromise on five of 34 checked hypervisors.
Summary
Virtualizor said hackers used a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) hijack to divert Softaculous traffic. The hackers then used the diverted update traffic to deliver a malicious Virtualizor package to some installations. A hosting-provider account separately said 5 of its 34 checked Virtualizor hypervisors sustained root-level compromise.
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