Thousands Of Asus Routers Reportedly Affected By "ViciousTrap" Backdoor GreyNoise, a security analyst group, have discovered a backdoor, "ViciousTrap", inside thousands of Asus routers.

Thousands Of Asus Routers Reportedly Affected By “ViciousTrap” Backdoor #asus #asusrouters #hardware #routers #vicioustrap

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.

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A new threat actor, ViciousTrap, has weaponized a Cisco flaw (CVE-2023-20118) to compromise 5300+ network devices globally. They're turning these into a massive honeypot to harvest exploits from other attackers. Fascinating and concerning. #InfoSec #CyberAttack #ViciousTrap

ViciousTrap Uses Cisco Flaw to Build Global Honeypot from 5300 Compromised Devices botnet known as PolarEdge read more about ViciousTrap Uses Cisco Flaw to Build Global Honeypot from 5300 Compromised Devices

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ViciousTrap Uses Cisco Flaw to Build Global Honeypot from 5,300 Compromised Devices ViciousTrap exploited CVE-2023-20118 to hijack 5,300 routers, building a honeypot-style spy network.

#ViciousTrap Uses #Cisco Flaw to Build Global Honeypot from 5,300 Compromised Devices🕵️‍♂️

Cyber Researchers have disclosed that a threat actor ViciousTrap has 5,300 network edge devices across 84 countries and turned them into a honeypot-like network... 🍯🐝

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ViciousTrap Uses Cisco Flaw to Build Global Honeypot from 5,300 Compromised Devices May 23, 20...

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ViciousTrap - Infiltrate, Control, Lure: Turning edge devices into honeypots en masse. Discover ViciousTrap, a newly identified threat who turning edge devices into honeypots en masse targeting

🪤 Sekoia #TDR's new exclusive research uncovers the #ViciousTrap, a honeypot network deployed on compromised edge devices.

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ViciousTrap: Mass Edge Device Honeypots

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ViciousTrap compromises 5500+ edge devices into a honeypot network to gather exploits, possibly 0-days.
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#Honeypot #ThreatIntel #ViciousTrap

ViciousTrap - Infiltrate, Control, Lure: Turning edge devices into honeypots en masse. Discover ViciousTrap, a newly identified threat who turning edge devices into honeypots en masse targeting

Excited to see this paper finally published! Meet #ViciousTrap, a threat actor turning edge devices into honeypots! 😈 blog.sekoia.io/vicioustrap-...