[ANSS-netops] Fwd: TECHNICAL BULLETIN - Sierra Wireless AirLink Modems & Mirai Trojan/Botnet

Juan B Lugo Toro juanb.lugo at upr.edu
Mon Oct 24 16:36:33 UTC 2016


Hi David

Thanks for your information. We have the LS300. I already download the
technical document to proceed with their recomendations.

Best Regards
Juan Lugo

On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 11:58 AM, Croker, David <croker at usgs.gov> wrote:

> FYI
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> From: SCT - Brian McKeon <brian at simplecomtools.com>
> Date: Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 4:20 AM
> Subject: TECHNICAL BULLETIN - Sierra Wireless AirLink Modems & Mirai
> Trojan/Botnet
> To: jimsmith at usgs.gov
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> ==================================================
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> THIS IS A TECHNICAL BULLETIN IN REGARDS TO YOUR
>
> SIERRA WIRELESS MODEMS & THE MIRAI TROJAN/BOTNET
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> Dear Customer,
>
>
> Sierra Wireless has recently received reports of increased data usage
> occurring on the AirLink brand of modems. The pattern is consistent with an
> infection by the “Mirai” Linux Trojan.  The list of affected models
> includes the following:
>
>    - LS300
>    - GX400
>    - GX440
>    - GX450
>    - ES440
>    - ES450
>    - RV50
>
> Mirai is a Linux targeted malware application that is can attack devices
> and cause a significant rise in the amount of data usage on the devices.
> Sierra Wireless has confirmed reports of the “Mirai” malware infecting
> AirLink gateways that are using the default ACEmanager password and are
> reachable from the public internet.
>
> The following is a link to a technical bulletin that provides information
> about Mirai along with instructions on how to protect your Sierra Wireless
> gateway and its local area network. Please review the link and follow the
> recommendations of Sierra to protect your systems.
>
> http://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/airlink/software_
> reference_docs/technical-bulletin/sierra-wireless-technical-
> bulletin---mirai/
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