Security News > 2020 > January > 'Cable Haunt' Modem Flaw Leaves 200 Million Devices at Risk

The researchers say the flaw exists in middleware built into chips manufactured by semiconductor giant Broadcom that are widely used in cable modems.

The research team has dubbed such attacks Cable Haunt and says "An estimated 200 million cable modems in Europe alone" are at risk.

Has the flaw been abused by attackers in the wild? "Maybe," the researchers write on the Cable Haunt site.

Last year, they verified the flaw in cable modems built by four vendors before confirming that it was present in many more devices as well.

They have released a test script via GitHub that can be used by network administrators and cable modem users to evaluate whether their device is at risk.

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