RondoDox Botnet Exploits Critical 2018 Vulnerability to Hijack ASUS Routers
2026-05-23T20:51:53Z•7810cd0a03de40f1361c984419bf70d30eee81cc919a4361e5d737a6726de0cb
AI-enabled exploitationASUS routersAndroid premium SMS fraudGCP exposureGitHubGoogle API keysKali365MFA bypassMSHTAMicrosoft 365 account takeoverVPN seizureVerizon DBIRauthentication bypassbotnetcloud credential theftfileless malwaremalicious CI workflowsmalicious VS Code extensionphishing-as-a-serviceransomware infrastructurerepository theftrouter exploitsupply chain attack
What happened
Feed highlights multiple active, high-impact threats: the RondoDox botnet is exploiting a critical 2018 authentication bypass to hijack over a million ASUS routers; the FBI warns of Kali365, a phishing-as-a-service that can bypass MFA to hijack Microsoft 365 accounts; the Megalodon supply-chain attack rapidly compromised 5,561 GitHub repositories via malicious CI workflows to steal cloud credentials; deleted Google API keys can remain active for up to ~23 minutes exposing GCP/Gemini/BigQuery/Maps data; Europol seized First VPN used by ransomware gangs and arrested its administrator; Android ad
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- hackread
- Record identifier
- 7810cd0a03de40f1361c984419bf70d30eee81cc919a4361e5d737a6726de0cb
- Enrichment time
- 2026-05-23T20:51:53Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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