Security News > 2018 > June > Router Vulnerability and the VPNFilter Botnet
2018-06-11 11:19
On May 25, the FBI asked us all to reboot our routers. The story behind this request is one of sophisticated malware and unsophisticated home-network security, and it's a harbinger of the sorts of pervasive threats from nation-states, criminals and hackers that we should expect in coming years. VPNFilter is a sophisticated piece of malware that infects mostly...
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