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		MikroTik botnet relies on DNS misconfiguration to spread malware (securityaffairs.com)
		4 points by unquietwiki on Jan 16, 2025 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

unquietwiki on Jan 16, 2025 [–]

A colleague informed me of this. However, I can't immediately tell from the article if there's a way to verify whether a router has been compromised.

palmfacehn on Jan 16, 2025 | [–]

The article mentions that the exploited devices have open SOCKS proxies.

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