Security News > 2024 > February > Russian hackers hijack Ubiquiti routers to launch stealthy attacks
Russian military hackers are using compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to evade detection, the FBI says in a joint advisory issued with the NSA, the U.S. Cyber Command, and international partners.
APT28 is a notorious Russian hacking group found to be responsible for several high-profile cyber attacks since they first began operating.
A joint alert issued by U.S. and U.K. authorities also warned six years ago, in April 2018, that Russian state-backed attackers were actively targeting and hacking home and enterprise routers.
As the April 2018 advisory cautioned, Russian hackers have historically targeted Internet routing equipment to use in man-in-the-middle attacks in support of espionage campaigns, maintain persistent access to victims' networks, and lay a foundation for other offensive operations.
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