Various Botnets Pummel Year-Old TP-Link Flaw in IoT Attacks

April 17, 2024 at 10:22AM Multiple botnets are exploiting a command-injection flaw in TP-Link Archer AX21 routers for DDoS attacks. Despite a patch being available for CVE-2023-1389, threat actors are using unpatched devices to deploy botnets like Moobot, Miori, Agoent, Gafgyt, and variants of Mirai. Fortiguard advises applying patches and vigilance against DDoS botnets targeting … Read more

Multiple botnets exploiting one-year-old TP-Link flaw to hack routers

April 17, 2024 at 09:09AM Six botnet malware operations target TP-Link Archer AX21 routers vulnerable to CVE-2023-1389, a high-severity command injection flaw. Discovered in January 2023, it was fixed by TP-Link in March 2023. Mirai variants, “Condi,” and botnets like Moobot and Miori exploit the vulnerability for DDoS attacks. Users are urged to update firmware … Read more