According to the researchers at Symantec, the custom-built software is nicknamed Ifwatch and it is spreading quickly.
We have not seen any malicious activity whatsoever, said Symantec threat intelligence officer Val Saengphaibul.
However, in the legal sense, this is illegal activity.
Its accessing computers on a data pipe without the owners permission.
However, it has been found to infect more than 10,000 Linux-based routers, mostly in China and Brazil.
It looks like the Ifwatchs creator wanted it to be discovered.
source: www.techworm.net
