Massive TheMoon bot campaign hits outdated routers, IoT devices

Attacks with an updated TheMoon botnet variant have impacted more than 40,000 end-of-life small office and home office routers and internet of things devices across 88 countries during the first two months of 2024, while the botnet's latest campaign earlier this month facilitated the compromise of over 6,000 Asus routers in less than three days, Security Affairs reports.

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