➀ The Q1 2025 high-end router market achieved its first year-over-year growth since Q2 2023, rising 10% with strong performance across all segments, especially in service provider Core and Edge Routers;

➁ Huawei led the market with a 23% revenue surge, gaining 3% market share, while Juniper and Nokia grew 16% and 14% respectively, but Cisco declined despite growth in Core Router sales driven by its RON solutions;

➂ Market uncertainty remains due to potential U.S. government policies that could increase costs and hinder economic expansion.

➀ A botnet named 'AyySSHush' exploited vulnerabilities to compromise over 9,000 Asus routers;

➁ The SSH backdoor persists through firmware updates by writing to non-volatile memory and disabling security logging;

➂ Asus released a firmware patch, but manual checks and factory resets are required for infected devices.