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Operation WrtHug hijacks 50,000+ ASUS routers to build a global botnet (securityaffairs.com)

submitted 2 hours ago by lemmydev2 to c/pulse_of_truth

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Operation WrtHug hijacks tens of thousands of outdated ASUS routers worldwide, mainly in Taiwan, the U.S., and Russia, forming a large botnet. A new campaign called Operation WrtHug has compromised tens of thousands of outdated or end-of-life ASUS routers worldwide, mainly in Taiwan, the U.S., and Russia, pulling them into a large malicious network. SecurityScorecard […]

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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You see class, this is one of the reasons we use OpenWRT.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 3 points 1 hour ago

Indeed. I can't remember when I last used a router running OEM firmware.