Vulnerabilities in Huawei equipment could be exploited in future cyber attacks, according to a report from UK government watchdog, the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre Oversight Board. The report criticised Huawei's "basic engineering competence" and cybersecurity "hygiene", adding that a hacker with knowledge of the vulnerabilities could impact on the network's operation and potentially access user traffic. According to the report, which was released last week, hackers have been able to exploit two major flaws in Huawei equipment, including one known as CVE-2017-0808, affecting its WLAN routers.
Vulnerabilities in Huawei equipment could be exploited in future cyber attacks, according to a report from UK government watchdog, the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre Oversight Board. The report criticised Huawei's "basic engineering competence" and cybersecurity "hygiene", adding that a hacker with knowledge of the vulnerabilities could impact on the network's operation and potentially access user traffic. However, the report did not find evidence of state-backed espionage and did note that UK operators' security measures meant it would be harder to exploit the vulnerabilities.