Security News > 2020 > April > You're a botnet, you've got a zero-day, so where do you go? After fiber, because that's where the bandwidth is

Researchers are warning owners of fiber routers to keep a close eye on their gear and check for firmware updates following the discovery an in-the-wild zero-day attack.

The researchers note that since the partial proof of concept was posted, two other botnets have been spotted attempting to exploit it.

"Luckily, unlike Moobot, this botnet author was not aware of the aforementioned precondition, so it did not work out as expected and the scans would mostly fail," NetLab noted.

The entire incident reflects what Netlab suspects is a growing class divide in the botnet space between well-backed, professional operators and other groups who rely on less-reliable methods.

"Apparently while most botnets play catchup games, some have deep resources and probably deep pockets to get hold of the public unknown exploits," the team noted.

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