Juniper enterprise routers backdoored via “magic packet” malware

A stealthy attack campaign turned Juniper enterprise-grade routers into entry points to corporate networks via the “J-magic” backdoor, which is loaded into the devices’ memory and spawns a reverse shell when instructed to do so. “Our telemetry indicates the J-magic campaign was active from mid-2023 until at least mid-2024; in that time, we observed targets in the semiconductor, energy, manufacturing, and IT verticals among others,” Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs team researchers shared. The J-magic malware … appeared first on Help Net Security.