[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-zbtlink-routers-found-with-two-more-hidden-backdoors":10,"sections":34},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":33,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":33,"total_tokens":33},5913,"zbtlink-routers-found-with-two-more-hidden-backdoors","Zbtlink Routers Found With Two More Hidden Backdoors","VulnCheck found two new hidden backdoors, SpeakingStone and DarkLantern, in Zbtlink Wi-Fi routers, the latest in a string of similar findings.","Zbtlink's Wi-Fi routers have picked up two more secret backdoors.\n\nSecurity firm VulnCheck says it found two previously undocumented backdoors, nicknamed SpeakingStone and DarkLantern, embedded mainly in Zbtlink router models. A backdoor like this typically gives an outside party a way into the device that skips the normal login screen entirely. VulnCheck published the findings on August 28, framing them as an addition to earlier reports of hidden access points in the same vendor's hardware. That makes this the latest entry in what is becoming a pattern for Zbtlink specifically, not a one-off slip.\n\nRouter backdoors matter more than most security bugs because routers sit at the edge of every network behind them, quietly routing traffic for anyone who plugs one in. A budget Wi-Fi brand most people have never heard of can still end up in home offices and small businesses, which is exactly the kind of low-visibility, high-exposure gap attackers like. Repeated findings from the same manufacturer also raise the harder question of whether these are sloppy debug leftovers or something more deliberate.\n\nEither way, the fix is the same as always: patch it, or replace it.","[\"security\",\"routers\",\"backdoor\",\"zbtlink\"]","2026-08-28T18:54:32.000Z","2026-08-28T19:26:32.654Z","2026-08-28T19:26:44.557Z","published",null,[],"security",[24,26,27,28],"routers","backdoor","zbtlink",[30],{"name":31,"url":32},"PCMag","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcmag.com\u002Fnews\u002Fmore-wi-fi-routers-from-this-chinese-vendor-found-with-backdoors",0,{"sections":35},[36,41,45,50,55,60,65,70,75,80,85,90,95,100],{"name":37,"slug":38,"count":39,"latest_published_at":40},"AI","ai",3351,"2026-08-30T14:51:33.000Z",{"name":42,"slug":24,"count":43,"latest_published_at":44},"Security",503,"2026-08-29T10:30:00.000Z",{"name":46,"slug":47,"count":48,"latest_published_at":49},"Policy","policy",244,"2026-08-30T15:35:10.000Z",{"name":51,"slug":52,"count":53,"latest_published_at":54},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":56,"slug":57,"count":58,"latest_published_at":59},"Hardware","hardware",148,"2026-08-27T15:33:14.000Z",{"name":61,"slug":62,"count":63,"latest_published_at":64},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",95,"2026-08-18T16:05:00.000Z",{"name":66,"slug":67,"count":68,"latest_published_at":69},"Science","science",91,"2026-08-20T10:01:48.000Z",{"name":71,"slug":72,"count":73,"latest_published_at":74},"Software","software",73,"2026-08-18T07:51:50.000Z",{"name":76,"slug":77,"count":78,"latest_published_at":79},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",69,"2026-08-18T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":81,"slug":82,"count":83,"latest_published_at":84},"Startups","startups",52,"2026-08-25T18:55:12.000Z",{"name":86,"slug":87,"count":88,"latest_published_at":89},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":94},"General","general",33,"2026-08-18T22:18:13.000Z",{"name":96,"slug":97,"count":98,"latest_published_at":99},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":101,"slug":102,"count":103,"latest_published_at":104},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]