A nascent botnet called Cyclops Blink has emerged as the target of a new report published by Trend Micro. The botnet’s main purpose is to build an infrastructure for further attacks on high-value targets. The malware abused WatchGuard firewall appliances as a stepping stone to gain remote access to breached networks. Trend Micro warned that this could lead to the formation of “eternal botnets” with no security software patching and the absence of patching. The report says the botnet affects a number of Asus routers located in the U.S., India, Italy, Canada, and Russia since June 2019.”]
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2022/03/new-variant-of-russian-cyclops-blink.html