Russian botnet shut down
A botnet made up of routers from the manufacturer Ubiquiti was taken over and shut down in an FBI operation. Russian secret services are said to be behind this. Malware from the APT 28 group found its way onto numerous routers in offices and private households. According to the FBI, this botnet was used as a cyber espionage platform. The devices run Linux firmware. According to the US authorities, the MooBot malware was used. The target was the routers from the manufacturer Ubiquiti with the Edge OS operating system, which operate with standard passwords. According to the FBI, the targets of the espionage activities were governments, military, security agencies and corporations in...