{
  "id": 3948887,
  "title": "China-Made ZBT Routers Ship With Two Implants Giving Unauthenticated Attackers Root Access",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/china-made-zbt-routers-ship-with-two-implants-giving-unauthenticated",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-28T10:58:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/china-made-zbt-routers-ship-with-two.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "VulnCheck has disclosed two previously undocumented factory implants in firmware for routers built by Shenzhen Zhibotong Electronics (ZBT), each of which gives an unauthenticated remote attacker the ability to run commands as root on affected devices. The implants, named SPEAKINGSTONE and DARKLANTERN by the company's zero-day research team, are tracked as CVE-2026-74232 and CVE-2026-74233.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}