<ul><li>The FBI warns that cybercriminal services are targeting end-of-life routers to deploy malware and sell them as proxies on 5Socks and Anyproxy networks.</li><li>End-of-life routers are vulnerable to cyber attacks due to the lack of security updates, making them easy targets for threat actors who exploit known vulnerabilities.</li><li>Infected routers are used to form botnets for coordinated attacks or sold as proxies, allowing threat actors persistent access and control over the compromised devices.</li><li>The FBI recommends replacing vulnerable routers with newer models or disabling remote administration and rebooting the devices to prevent further infections, as per the published indicators of compromise (IoCs) and mitigation strategies.</li></ul>

Cybercriminal services target end-of-life routers, FBI warns

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