Security News > 2025 > March > Chinese Hackers Breach Juniper Networks Routers With Custom Backdoors and Rootkits
2025-03-12 14:08
The China-nexus cyber espionage group tracked as UNC3886 has been observed targeting end-of-life MX routers from Juniper Networks as part of a campaign designed to deploy custom backdoors, highlighting their ability to focus on internal networking infrastructure. "The backdoors had varying custom capabilities, including active and passive backdoor functions, as well as an embedded script that
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