MikroTik Routers vulnerable to cryptocurrency mining campaigns
Over 3,700 Unpatched MikroTik Routers Abused In CryptoJacking Campaigns The vulnerability CVE-2018-14847 in MikroTik RouterOS has become eye-candy for cyber maniacs. The ease of exploitation of this vulnerability has resulted in massive abuse of these routers and their network resources in cryptomining. The threat actors exploit the known vulnerability in MikroTik Routers by executing a malicious script to gain administrator privilege on the router. Mikrotik was founded in Latvia in 1995. The brand particularly focuses on designing wireless devices and routers. With the help of a congruent and hidden script, cyber hackers were able to misuse the network resources and bandwidth of MikroTik Router in mining CoinHive Cryptocurrency. CoinHive is a JavaScript cryptocurrency miner for the Monero Block-chain. CoinHive in-browser cryptocurrency mining script thst can be embedded in a browser easily. That is why this cryptocurrency mining script is popular among thre...