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New Mirai variants target routers and DVRs in parallel campaigns

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New Mirai variants target routers and DVRs in parallel campaigns 2026-04-22 at 16:42 By Zeljka Zorz Hidden inside newly discovered botnet malware is an unusual message from its creator: “AI.NEEDS.TO.DIE”. Dubbed “tuxnokill” by researchers at Akamai, the malware is one of two fresh Mirai botnet variants documented this month by major cybersecurity firms and, judging […]

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Mirai Botnet Targets Flaw in Discontinued D-Link Routers

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Mirai Botnet Targets Flaw in Discontinued D-Link Routers 2026-04-22 at 14:47 By Ionut Arghire The exploitation of the command injection vulnerability started one year after public disclosure and PoC exploit code publication. The post Mirai Botnet Targets Flaw in Discontinued D-Link Routers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Hackers Fail to Exploit Flaw in Discontinued TP-Link Routers

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Hackers Fail to Exploit Flaw in Discontinued TP-Link Routers 2026-04-20 at 11:16 By Ionut Arghire In-the-wild exploitation has been ongoing for a year, but no successful payload execution has been observed. The post Hackers Fail to Exploit Flaw in Discontinued TP-Link Routers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Russian hackers hijack internet traffic using vulnerable routers

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Russian hackers hijack internet traffic using vulnerable routers 2026-04-07 at 19:18 By Sinisa Markovic The Russian state cyber group APT28 has been compromising routers to hijack web traffic and spy on victims, the UK’s The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned. Attackers are exploiting vulnerable routers to alter DHCP and DNS settings, redirecting traffic

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TP-Link Patches High-Severity Router Vulnerabilities

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TP-Link Patches High-Severity Router Vulnerabilities 2026-03-27 at 13:42 By Ionut Arghire The security defects could be used to bypass authentication, execute arbitrary commands, and decrypt configuration files. The post TP-Link Patches High-Severity Router Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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FCC Bans New Routers Made Outside the US Over National Security Risks

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FCC Bans New Routers Made Outside the US Over National Security Risks 2026-03-25 at 15:07 By Ionut Arghire The ban aligns with a White House determination that all routers produced abroad are a threat to national security. The post FCC Bans New Routers Made Outside the US Over National Security Risks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Uncle Sam closes the door on all new foreign-made routers

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Uncle Sam closes the door on all new foreign-made routers 2026-03-24 at 17:04 By Sinisa Markovic The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has imposed a ban on all new routers manufactured overseas being imported into and sold within the United States. The post Uncle Sam closes the door on all new foreign-made routers appeared first

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Juniper Networks PTX Routers Affected by Critical Vulnerability 

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Juniper Networks PTX Routers Affected by Critical Vulnerability  2026-02-27 at 12:47 By Eduard Kovacs An out-of-band security update for Junos OS Evolved patches the remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2026-21902. The post Juniper Networks PTX Routers Affected by Critical Vulnerability  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Zyxel Patches Critical Vulnerability in Many Device Models

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Zyxel Patches Critical Vulnerability in Many Device Models 2026-02-26 at 14:40 By Ionut Arghire The issue impacts the UPnP function of multiple device models and could be exploited for remote code execution. The post Zyxel Patches Critical Vulnerability in Many Device Models appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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CISA orders US federal agencies to replace unsupported edge devices

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CISA orders US federal agencies to replace unsupported edge devices 2026-02-06 at 18:24 By Zeljka Zorz The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a new binding operational directive aimed at reducing a long-standing cyber risk across federal networks: outdated “edge devices” that are not longer supported by vendors and aren’t receiving timely security

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Broadcom Wi-Fi Chipset Flaw Allows Hackers to Disrupt Networks

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Broadcom Wi-Fi Chipset Flaw Allows Hackers to Disrupt Networks 2026-01-13 at 17:45 By Eduard Kovacs The vulnerability was discovered in Asus routers, but all devices using the affected chipset are susceptible to attacks.  The post Broadcom Wi-Fi Chipset Flaw Allows Hackers to Disrupt Networks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Over 50,000 Asus Routers Hacked in ‘Operation WrtHug’

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Over 50,000 Asus Routers Hacked in ‘Operation WrtHug’ 2025-11-20 at 15:31 By Ionut Arghire A Chinese threat actor is exploiting known vulnerabilities in discontinued Asus devices in an Operational Relay Box (ORB) facilitation campaign. The post Over 50,000 Asus Routers Hacked in ‘Operation WrtHug’ appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Hard-coded credentials found in Moxa industrial security appliances, routers (CVE-2025-6950)

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Hard-coded credentials found in Moxa industrial security appliances, routers (CVE-2025-6950) 2025-10-20 at 20:10 By Zeljka Zorz Moxa has fixed 5 vulnerabilities in its industrial network security appliances and routers, including a remotely exploitable flaw (CVE-2025-6950) that may result in complete system compromise. There’s no mention of these flaws being exploited in the wild, but due

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Unauthenticated RCE Flaw Patched in DrayTek Routers

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Unauthenticated RCE Flaw Patched in DrayTek Routers 2025-10-03 at 14:45 By Ionut Arghire The security defect can be exploited remotely via crafted HTTP/S requests to a vulnerable device’s web user interface. The post Unauthenticated RCE Flaw Patched in DrayTek Routers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Cisco Patches Zero-Day Flaw Affecting Routers and Switches

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Cisco Patches Zero-Day Flaw Affecting Routers and Switches 2025-09-25 at 11:46 By Ionut Arghire The security defect allows remote attackers with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary code as the root user. The post Cisco Patches Zero-Day Flaw Affecting Routers and Switches appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Vulnerabilities Expose Helmholz Industrial Routers to Hacking

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Vulnerabilities Expose Helmholz Industrial Routers to Hacking 2025-07-22 at 16:57 By Eduard Kovacs Several potentially serious vulnerabilities were recently found and patched in routers made by Germany-based industrial and automation solutions provider Helmholz. The existence of the security holes came to light last week, when Germany’s CERT@VDE published an advisory describing eight vulnerabilities discovered in

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Stealthy backdoor found hiding in SOHO devices running Linux

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Stealthy backdoor found hiding in SOHO devices running Linux 2025-06-23 at 11:02 By Mirko Zorz SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team has uncovered a network of compromised small office and home office (SOHO) devices they’re calling LapDogs. The threat is part of a broader shift in how China-Nexus threat actors are using Operational Relay Box (ORB) networks to

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Organizations Warned of Vulnerability Exploited Against Discontinued TP-Link Routers

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Organizations Warned of Vulnerability Exploited Against Discontinued TP-Link Routers 2025-06-17 at 14:01 By Ionut Arghire CISA warns that a vulnerability impacting multiple discontinued TP-Link router models is exploited in the wild. The post Organizations Warned of Vulnerability Exploited Against Discontinued TP-Link Routers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Law enforcement takes down proxy botnets used by criminals

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Law enforcement takes down proxy botnets used by criminals 2025-05-12 at 21:11 By Zeljka Zorz US and Dutch law enforcement, with the help of Lumen researchers, have disrupted 5socks and Anyproxy, two proxy-for-rent services that were used by criminals for ad fraud and DDoS and brute-force attacks (among other things). The domain seizure notice The

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Study Identifies 20 Most Vulnerable Connected Devices of 2025

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Study Identifies 20 Most Vulnerable Connected Devices of 2025 2025-04-10 at 15:03 By Ionut Arghire Routers are the riskiest devices in enterprise networks as they contain the most critical vulnerabilities, a new Forescout report shows. The post Study Identifies 20 Most Vulnerable Connected Devices of 2025 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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