Cisco, ASUS, QNAP, and Synology devices hijacked to major botnet

Insecure network with several red platforms connected through glowing data lines and a black hat hacker symbol.

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• Sekoia spots hackers abusing a known flaw in Cisco devices
• This leads to the discovery of a botnet called PolarEdge
• Most victims are found in the US, but the botnet is "most prevalent" in Asia and South America