GreyNoise researchers detail a novel botnet infecting 9K+ routers from Asus and others with a persistent SSH backdoor, enabling access after reboots and updates (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: GreyNoise researchers detail a novel botnet infecting 9K+ routers from Asus and others with a persistent SSH backdoor, enabling access after reboots and updates  —  Over 9,000 ASUS routers are compromised by a novel botnet dubbed “AyySSHush” that was also observed targeting SOHO routers from Cisco, D-Link, and Linksys.

May 29, 2025 - 09:40
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GreyNoise researchers detail a novel botnet infecting 9K+ routers from Asus and others with a persistent SSH backdoor, enabling access after reboots and updates (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
GreyNoise researchers detail a novel botnet infecting 9K+ routers from Asus and others with a persistent SSH backdoor, enabling access after reboots and updates  —  Over 9,000 ASUS routers are compromised by a novel botnet dubbed “AyySSHush” that was also observed targeting SOHO routers from Cisco, D-Link, and Linksys.