The Ballista botnet has compromised over 6000 TP-Link Archer AX-21 routers through a high-severity remote code execution flaw, according to The Hacker News. The botnet, thought to be operated by an Italy-based threat actor, has been targeting manufacturing, technology, and healthcare organizations primarily in the US, Mexico, China, and Australia, deploying malware to facilitate various attacks.
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