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Threat Intelligence

ClingSTUN: The Linux Backdoor Hiding in Your Router's Traffic

A newly tracked malware strain is quietly turning home routers, security cameras, and smart-office hardware into a criminal relay network, and it uses the internet's own plumbing to avoid detection.

4 min read
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Vulnerabilities

Hackers Are Taking Over MikroTik Routers Through a Chained Attack Called MikroTrick

Two critical flaws in MikroTik's RouterOS software are being actively exploited together to seize full control of internet-facing routers. More than 120,000 devices are exposed. Patches are available now.

3 min read
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Threat Intelligence

The Week in Identity: Router Backdoors, Off-Task AI Agents, and Login Kits for Sale

A weekly roundup of the dull-sounding defaults, forgotten bugs, and helpful chatbots that quietly handed attackers the keys this week.

4 min read
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ZBT Routers Found With Two Hidden Factory Backdoors Handing Attackers Full Control

Researchers at VulnCheck say firmware shipped by Shenzhen Zhibotong Electronics contains two undocumented implants that let anyone on the internet run commands as root.

3 min read
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Calix Home Routers Have a Hole That Lets Strangers Punch Into Your Network

A flaw in Calix GS7 XGS (model GS5239XG) home routers, handed out by several U.S. internet providers, lets anyone on the internet quietly open doors into a customer's home network. No patch yet.

3 min read
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Threat Intelligence

New Evooo1Bot malware is quietly turning home routers into criminal traffic relays

Researchers say the Mirai-based botnet has been hijacking gateway devices since July to sell as proxies, steal credentials, and launch attacks.

4 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Weekly Recap: A Metabase Zero-Day, Poisoned AI Plugins, and Routers Left Wide Open

Old bugs are back, supply chains are getting stranger, and the shortest exploit paths keep being the ones nobody guarded.

4 min read
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Vulnerabilities

OpenWrt Ships Emergency Fix for Critical Router Flaw That Hands Attackers Full Control

A single crafted network request could let an intruder take over routers running vulnerable OpenWrt builds, before anyone logs in.

4 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Russian Spies Are Breaking Into the World's Routers. The Password Is Often Still 'Admin'.

A joint advisory from the US, UK, and a dozen allied nations warns that Russian FSB hackers have spent years walking into critical infrastructure networks through the digital equivalent of an unlocked front door.

3 min read
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Vulnerabilities

A Secret Backdoor in Tenda Home Routers Lets Strangers Take Control, and There Is No Fix

A hidden login trick buried in Tenda networking gear gives anyone who knows the magic password full administrative control. The maker has not responded, and no patch exists.

3 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Chinese hackers hijack unpatched routers to build a stealth relay network

A group Cisco Talos calls UAT-7810 is breaking into Ruckus and ASUS routers to hide the tracks of other China-linked spying crews.

3 min read
Illustration: a small black consumer Wi-Fi router on a plain desk, indicator lights glowing amber, softly lit from one side
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Hidden Admin Backdoor Found in Tenda Router Firmware, CERT/CC Warns

CVE-2026-11405 lets an attacker skip the password check entirely and seize full administrative control of affected Tenda routers through the web interface.

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