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TP-Link High-Severity Flaw Added to Mirai Botnet Arsenal

Heimadal Security

A TP-Link Archer A21 (AX1800) consumer-grade WiFi router vulnerability has been used by Mirai botnet to launch DDoS attacks against IoT devices. The flaw in the TP-Link Archer AX21 firmware was discovered back in December 2022, and the company released a patch in March.

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A new Mirai botnet variant targets TP-Link Archer A21

Security Affairs

In March, TP-Link released a firmware update to address multiple issues, including this vulnerability. The Mirai botnet that is behind the attacks observed by ZDI is focused on launching DDoS attacks, it has the capability to target Valve Source Engine (VSE). ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 419 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Please vote for Security Affairs ( [link] ) as the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS Vote for me in the sections where is reported Securityaffairs or my name Pierluigi Paganini Please nominate Security Affairs as your favorite blog. We are in the final !

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Attacks Escalating Against Linux-Based IoT Devices

eSecurity Planet

There was a 10-fold increase in the number of samples of Mozi found in the wild, Mihai Maganu, a threat researcher at CrowdStrike, wrote in a blog post. The primary goal of all this malware is to compromise the devices and systems, pull them into a botnet and use them for distributed denial-of-services (DDoS) attacks, Maganu wrote.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 362 by Pierluigi Paganini

Security Affairs

Please vote for Security Affairs as the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS Vote for me in the sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog” and others of your choice.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 420 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Please vote for Security Affairs ( [link] ) as the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS Vote for me in the sections where is reported Securityaffairs or my name Pierluigi Paganini Please nominate Security Affairs as your favorite blog. We are in the final !

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Attackers Exploit Flaw that Could Impact Millions of Routers, IoT Devices

eSecurity Planet

In a recent blog post , the researchers said the bad actors are looking to leverage a path traversal vulnerability that could affect millions of home routers and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices that use the same code base and are manufactured by at least 17 vendors. A Pattern of Exploits.

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