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Is your Asus router part of a botnet? How to check - and what you can do
Actually disclosed in 2023 as recorded in the company's Product Security Advisory, the flaw's entry is dated Nov. 3, 2023, ...
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GreyNoise Flags 9,000 ASUS Routers Backdoored Via Patched Vulnerability
Professional hackers have built a network of ASUS routers that can survive firmware upgrades, factory reboots and most ...
If You Have an Asus Router, You Need to Check If It's Been Hacked
According to cybersecurity company GreyNoise, attackers used brute-force login attempts to break into thousands of Asus ...
Botnet hacks 9,000+ ASUS routers to add persistent SSH backdoor
Over 9,000 ASUS routers are compromised by a novel botnet dubbed "AyySSHush" that was also observed targeting SOHO routers ...
Asus urges factory resets and strong passwords following botnet breach
The company's guidance follows the discovery of a widespread botnet attack that has compromised over 9,000 Asus routers ...
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Thousands of Asus Routers Have Been Hijacked, But I Wouldn’t Panic Just Yet
Your Asus Wi-Fi router may have been hacked, according to a new blog post from the cybersecurity firm GreyNoise. As of ...
Thousands of ASUS routers compromised in sophisticated hacking campaign
Researchers have previously linked the suspected threat actor, dubbed ViciousTrap, to the exploitation of Cisco routers.
Thousands of Asus routers hacked to create a major botnet planting damaging malware
GreyNoise finds new hacking campaign targeting Asus hardware The threat actors are exploiting poorly secured routers to gain ...
8,000+ Asus routers popped in 'advanced' mystery botnet plot
The specific models affected included the RT-AC3100, RT-AC3200, and RT-AX55. The latter remains one of the more popular Wi-Fi ...
Thousands of Asus routers compromised by "ViciousTrap" backdoor
Analysts at GreyNoise have uncovered a mysterious backdoor-based campaign affecting more than 9,000 Asus routers. The unknown ...
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Your Asus router may be part of a botnet - here's how to tell and what to do
more than 9,000 Asus routers are affected, and that number is growing. However, GreyNoise said that over the past three months, it witnessed only 30 related requests to access the affected routers.