U.S., U.K. Agencies Warn of New Russian Botnet Built from Hacked Firewall Devices

U.S., U.K. Agencies Warn of New Russian Botnet Built from Hacked Firewall Devices

Intelligence agencies in the U.K. and the U.S. disclosed details of a new botnet malware called Cyclops Blink that's been attributed to the Russian-backed Sandworm hacking group and deployed in attacks dating back to 2019. "Cyclops Blink appears to be a replacement framework for the VPNFilter malware exposed in 2018, which exploited network devices, primarily small office/home office (SOHO)