BGP Hijack of Softaculous IPs Pushed Malicious Updates to Virtualizor Servers
Attackers hijacked a /24 prefix hosting Softaculous update servers by exploiting lax RPKI settings at Hetzner Online and a forged AS path.
ARS TECHNICA — Because Virtualizor update clients did not verify packages cryptographically, diverted traffic could receive malware disguised as updates. The hijack ran intermittently over 33 hours and also defeated Let's Encrypt domain validation.
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