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CCTV Zero-Day Exposes Critical Infrastructure to Mirai Botnet

ID: f87ca53d-aeb8-5074-9017-17ac806e9090

STIX ID: report--f87ca53d-aeb8-5074-9017-17ac806e9090

Feed Name: Dark Reading

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2024-08-28

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Becky Bracken, Senior Editor, Dark Reading

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Akamai researchers and CISA warn that a Mirai cryptominer campaign is actively exploiting a zero-day command-injection vulnerability in discontinued AVTECH CCTV cameras (CVE-2024-7029). The affected devices are widely used across critical infrastructure sectors, no patch is available, and operators are advised to decommission and replace impacted hardware to mitigate risk.

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