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ClingSTUN Turns Vulnerable IoT Devices Into Proxy Nodes
Oct 5th, 2026 • 5 min • View Source
The Linux backdoor exploits 24 known flaws to compromise IoT devices and uses legitimate public STUN servers to obscure communications.
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