Experts uncovered a proxy botnet composed of over 65,000 routers exposed via UPnP protocol

Experts uncovered a proxy botnet composed of over 65,000 routers exposed via UPnP protocol Security researchers at Akamai have discovered a proxy botnet composed of more than 65,000 routers exposed to the Internet via the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol. Crooks have compromised the devices of this multi-purpose proxy botnet to conduct a wide range of malicious activities, including spamming and phishing, click fraud, account takeover and credit card […] The post Experts uncovered a proxy botnet composed of over 65,000 routers exposed via UPnP protocol appeared first on Security Affairs. Read More At -> https://blog.cripperz.sg/2018/04/13/experts-uncovered-a-proxy-botnet-composed-of-over-65000-routers-exposed-via-upnp-protocol/