TL;DR: GreyNoise uncovered the AyySSHush botnet infecting over 8,000 hosts, mainly ASUS routers, exploiting known bypass bugs to gain persistent SSH backdoor access that survives firmware updates.

Since 2023, the scammers have been using Milesight IoT cellular routers to deliver humongous waves of SMS phishing attacks. These rugged, tough devices are commonly used in traffic management systems, ...

We stay on top of updates for our phones and laptops. Some of us even make sure our smartwatches and security cameras are running the latest firmware. But routers often get overlooked. If it's working ...

A newly identified wave of smishing attacks has been traced to exploited Milesight Industrial Cellular Routers. According to research by Sekoia.io’s Threat Detection & Research (TDR) team, the routers ...