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Craig Hale

Thousands of Linux routers infected by AVrecon malware to build botnet

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Security researchers at Lumen Black Lotus Labs have uncovered a Linux-based Remote Access Trojan that has been infecting small-office/home-office (SOHO) routers virtually undetected for a period spanning more than two years.

Briefly referenced in May 2021, the trojan which is being referred to as AVrecon has been used to create residential proxy services designed to hide a variety of malicious activity like password spraying, web-traffic proxying, and ad fraud.

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