Security News > 2018 > April > Multi-Purpose Proxy Botnet Ensnares 65,000 Routers
2018-04-12 17:54
More than 65,000 routers exposed to the Internet via the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol are being abused by cybercriminals as part of a large, multi-purpose proxy botnet, Akamai has discovered. read more
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