AryStinger botnet infected thousands of D-Link routers worldwide
The AryStinger botnet has conscripted over 4,000 end-of-life D-Link routers into a proxy network—a CRA-relevant reminder that unsupported consumer-grade devices at branch offices become enterprise attack infrastructure.
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A previously undocumented malware botnet named AryStinger has compromised more than 4,000 outdated routers to turn them into proxies for malicious traffic. [...]
Editorial Analysis
Branch-office and home-office routers running EOL firmware are increasingly weaponised; the EU Cyber Resilience Act will eventually force vendors to maintain longer security-update lifecycles.
Inventory all D-Link and other consumer-grade routers across branch and remote-worker sites, and replace any EOL devices that no longer receive firmware updates.
Thousands of outdated routers turned into attack proxies underscore why the EU Cyber Resilience Act's mandatory update requirements matter for enterprise perimeters.
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