The ASUS Dumpster Fire

Sponsor: Thermaltake TR100 mini-ITX Travel Case on Amazon https://geni.us/Yn9DXb ASUS' decisions to force unwanted software onto users has put them at risk, like with Armoury Crate, MyASUS and DriverHub, and even its "AI" security features in its routers. We sought peer review from a security researcher, Paul (aka "Mr Bruh"), to dig into the topics of ASUS' vulnerabilities and exploits. If you have ASUS software installed, you should think about removing it -- and you should minimally update it. Likewise, be careful of what data you feed into ASUS' RMA and warranty system. Grab the Honey Pot T-Shirt: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/honey-pot-foil-tshirt-100pct-cotton-limited The best way to support our work is through our store: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ ASUS scammed us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pMrssIrKcY ASUS face-to-face on warranties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0ZoCYXmF0Q Watch our WinRing 0 security report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_O5JtBqODA Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus SOURCES Peer Reviewer & security researcher: Paul ("Mr Bruh") ASUS DriverHub: https://mrbruh.com/asusdriverhub/ Related CVE 1: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3462 Related CVE 2: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3463 RMA System Puts Millions of Users at Risk: https://mrbruh.com/asus_p2/ AyySSHush: https://www.labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/2025-03-28-ayysshush/ ASUS Router Botnet: https://www.greynoise.io/blog/stealthy-backdoor-campaign-affecting-asus-routers Censys Live Tracker of Exploited Routers: https://lookerstudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/15a9fcb0-7ca3-4ba0-b5fc-a98904f32224 Censys ASUS Botnet report: https://censys.com/blog/tracking-ayysshush-a-newly-discovered-asus-router-botnet-campaign Sekoia research: https://blog.sekoia.io/vicioustrap-infiltrate-control-lure-turning-edge-devices-into-honeypots-en-masse/ AsIO3 driver vulnerability: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/decrement-by-one-to-rule-them-all/ Armoury Crate Vulnerability: https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2150 TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - ASUS' Hugely Vulnerable Software 04:15 - Armory Crate, Driver Hub, Routers 06:00 - ASUS DriverHub Vulnerability 12:36 - Unbelievably Stupid Exploit 17:59 - AyySSHush Router Botnet 20:31 - Armoury Crate Vulnerability 24:54 - ASUS Does This To Itself ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements Steve Burke: Host, Additional Writing, Editing Patrick Lathan: Writing Vitalii Makhnovets: Editing Tim Phetdara: Editing Andrew Coleman: Editing