AryStinger malware has infected 4,300 Realtek RTL819X routers, using old CVEs to scan targets, tunnel traffic, and hide attacker activity.

A previously undocumented malware botnet named AryStinger has compromised more than 4,000 outdated routers to turn them into proxies for malicious traffic.

AryStinger malware has infected 4,300 Realtek RTL819X routers, using old CVEs to scan targets, tunnel traffic, and hide attacker activity.