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Botnet of Thousands of MikroTik Routers Abused in Glupteba, TrickBot Campaigns

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()3 min read2 · 1 read
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2018-14847
Directory Traversal in MikroTik RouterOS Winbox Interface (Unauthenticated File Read)
9.196%KEVPoC ×7
KEV

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
domainanyget.rumains that were actively used in attacks, one of which (tik.anyget[.]ru) was used to serve Glupteba malware samples to targeted h
domainbestony.clubted to retrieve the first-stage payload from a domain named bestony[.]club, which was then used to fetch additional scripts from a s
domainglobalmoby.xyzthen used to fetch additional scripts from a second domain "globalmoby[.]xyz." Interesting enough, both the domains were linked to the
ipv4116.202.93.14nough, both the domains were linked to the same IP address: 116.202.93[.]14, leading to the discovery of seven more domains that were

From the original article

3 min read at thehackernews.com

Vulnerable routers from MikroTik have been misused to form what cybersecurity researchers have called one of the largest botnet-as-a-service cybercrime operations seen in recent years.

The Hacker News

By @TheHackersNews · thehackernews.com

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