Botnet Risk Emerges

A malware family incorporates the SSHole exploit to conscript unpatched OpenWrt-based devices and lightweight Linux servers into a botnet. This creates short-lived disruption risk for hosting, telecom, and DDoS mitigation providers, but still falls short of a broad market shock.

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