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RondoDox Botnet Exploits Critical 2018 Vulnerability to Hijack ASUS Routers

  • Deeba Ahmed--HackRead
  • published date: 2026-05-23 11:16:40 UTC

Cybersecurity firm VulnCheck reveals hackers are using a critical 2018 vulnerability to bypass authentication and hack over a million ASUS routers.

Cybersecurity firm VulnChecks latest research reveals that cybercriminals are now targeting old models of ASUS routers by exploiting a software vulnerability from 2018, tracked as CVE-2018-5999. This… [+2878 chars]