According to cybersecurity experts, vulnerable MikroTik routers have been exploited to create one of the most extensive botnet-as-a-service cybercrime operations observed in recent years.
According to Avast, a cryptocurrency mining effort utilizing the newly broken Glupteba botnet as well as the famed TrickBot malware were all distributed using the same command-and-control (C2) server.
The botnet usually takes advantage of a known vulnerability in the Winbox component of MikroTik routers, allowing attackers to acquire unauthenticated, remote administrative access to an affected device.
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