"IoT Botnet Infects 100,000 Routers to Send Hotmail, Outlook, and Yahoo Spam"

A five-year-old vulnerability in software used by a significant number of router models from multiple vendors has been exploited by a new botnet, which is now composed of about 100,000 home routers. The latest IoT botnet, called BCMUPnP_Hunter, is suspected to be using the infected routers to distribute spam. This article continues to discuss BCMUPnP_Hunter in relation to the vulnerability that it exploits in addition to its victims and methods. 

ZDNet reports "IoT Botnet Infects 100,000 Routers to Send Hotmail, Outlook, and Yahoo Spam"