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Hackers exploit new MikroTik RouterOS flaws to hijack routers

BleepingComputer · · International · Data Breaches

Hackers are exploiting a chain of two recently disclosed vulnerabilities in MikroTik routers to take control of devices with SSH services exposed to the internet. [...]

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