MooBot Botnet Attacks D-Link Routers

Experts have discovered that the MooBot botnet, built on the Mirai IoT malware, attacks vulnerable D-Link routers using a combination of old and new exploits against them. Let me remind you that we also talked about ZuoRAT Trojan Hacks Asus, Cisco, DrayTek and NETGEAR Routers, and also that Information security specialists disclosed details of five… Continue reading MooBot Botnet Attacks D-Link Routers

Information security specialists disclosed details of five vulnerabilities in D-Link routers

Loginsoft experts have reported about five serious vulnerabilities found in some models of D-Link routers. Even worse, support for some vulnerable devices has already been discontinued, which means they will not receive patches, while PoC exploits for problems have already been made public. Among discovered by researchers problems were: reflected XSS attacks; a buffer overflow… Continue reading Information security specialists disclosed details of five vulnerabilities in D-Link routers

For eight years, the Cereals botnet existed for only one purpose: it downloaded anime

The Cereals IoT botnet appeared in 2012, and reached its peak in 2015, when there were about 10,000 infected devices. All these eight years, the Cereals botnet only downloaded anime for its creator. All this time, Cereals exploited only one vulnerability and attacked D-Link’s NAS and NVR, combining them into a botnet. For many years,… Continue reading For eight years, the Cereals botnet existed for only one purpose: it downloaded anime