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Juniper warns of Mirai botnet targeting Session Smart routers

December 20, 2024December 20, 2024 geekfeed0Tagged Botnet, ddos, Juniper, malware, Mirai, Mirai botnet, Mirai malware, router, Warning

Juniper Networks has warned customers of Mirai malware attacks targeting and infecting Session Smart routers using default credentials. As the networking infrastructure company explained, the malware scans for devices with default login credentials and executes commands remotely after gaining access, enabling a wide range of malicious activities. The campaign was first observed on December 11, […]

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Malware exploits 5-year-old zero-day to infect end-of-life IP cameras

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024 geekfeed0Tagged Actively Exploited, AVTech, Botnet, Camera, Command Injection, Corona, IP cameras, malware, Mirai, Remote Code Execution, Security Camera

The Corona Mirai-based malware botnet is spreading through a 5-year-old remote code execution (RCE) zero-day in AVTECH IP cameras, which have been discontinued for years and will not receive a patch. The flaw, discovered by Akamai’s Aline Eliovich, is tracked as CVE-2024-7029 and is a high-severity (CVSS v4 score: 8.7) issue in the “brightness” function […]

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