Old vulnerable D-Link routers subjected to novel Goldoon botnet attacks

Attacks with the novel Goldoon botnet have been deployed against vulnerable D-Link DIR-645 routers impacted by the almost 10-year-old critical arbitrary command execution bug, tracked as CVE-2015-2051, to facilitate further compromise, with escalating botnet activity recorded since April 9, according to The Hacker News.

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