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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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Botnet exploits GeoVision zero-day to install Mirai malware

November 16, 2024November 16, 2024 geekfeed0Tagged 0-day, Actively Exploited, Botnet, GeoVision, IoT, malware, Mirai botnet, Mirai malware, zero day, Zero-Day

A malware botnet is exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in end-of-life GeoVision devices to compromise and recruit them for likely DDoS or cryptomining attacks. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2024-11120 and was discovered by Piort Kijewski of The Shadowserver Foundation. It is a critical severity (CVSS v3.1 score: 9.8) OS command injection problem, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute […]

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