A security loophole that hasn’t been fixed and is affecting the Edimax IC-7100 network camera is being utilized by malicious individuals to deploy different versions of Mirat botnet malware since at least May 2024.
A security loophole that hasn’t been fixed and is affecting the Edimax IC-7100 network camera is being utilized by malicious individuals to deploy different versions of Mirat botnet malware since at least May 2024. The specific vulnerability referred to is CVE-2025-1316 (CVSS v4 score: 9.3), a severe operating system command injection flaw that can be utilized by an attacker to attain remote code execution on vulnerable devices through a
Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.
