If you have a MikroTik router, make sure it is running the latest firmware, as security researchers discovered thousands of compromised MikroTik routers are sending traffic to nine attacker-controlled ...

For years, malicious hackers have been hacking large fleets of MikroTik routers and conscripting them into Trickbot, one of the Internet’s most destructive botnets. Now, Microsoft has finally figured ...

The powerful devices leveraged by the Meris botnet have weaknesses that make them easy to exploit, yet complex for organizations to track and secure, researchers said. The routers leveraged by the ...

Attackers compromising MikroTik routers have configured the devices to forward network traffic to a handful of IP addresses under their control. Cybercriminals gained access to the devices by ...

Using a known vulnerability, the threat actor is listening to a variety of ports. A full 7,500+ MikroTik routers are forwarding their owners’ traffic to eavesdropping cybercriminals – while 239,000 ...

According to Trustwave researcher Simon Kenin, on July 31, a surge in Coinhive activity was detected which indicated that a malicious cryptocurrency mining operation was underway. In a blog post, the ...

Up to 900,00 MikroTik routers — a popular target for threat actors including nation-state groups — may be open to attack via a privilege escalation vulnerability in the RouterOS operating system. The ...

Latvian network equipment manufacturer MikroTik has shared details on how customers can secure and clean routers compromised by the massive Mēris DDoS botnet over the summer. "As far as we have seen, ...

I have an ISP generic ONT receiving the fiber and configured with the provided SLID during the installation. This device (ISP ONT) is connected on my fresh Mikrotik Router (hEX S), where it divides ...

A Russian-speaking grey-hat hacker is breaking into people's MikroTik routers and patching devices so they can't be abused by cryptojackers, botnet herders, or other cyber-criminals, ZDNet has learned ...