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Check your router – list of routers affected by VPNFilter just got bigger
2018-06-11 14:36

The list of routers VPNFilter can infect now includes another 56 models from Asus, D-Link, Huawei, Ubiquiti, UPVEL, and ZTE.

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...

Prowli Malware Targeting Servers, Routers, and IoT Devices
2018-06-07 09:48

After the discovery of massive VPNFilter malware botnet, security researchers have now uncovered another giant botnet that has already compromised more than 40,000 servers, modems and...

VPNFilter router malware is a lot worse than everyone thought
2018-06-07 05:02

More affected devices . More damage. And what looks like an escalation in attacks ASUS, D-Link, Huawei, Ubiquiti, UPVEL, and ZTE: these are the vendors newly-named by Cisco's Talos Intelligence as...

VPNFilter Continues Targeting Routers in Ukraine
2018-06-04 13:20

Despite their infrastructure being disrupted, the hackers behind the VPNFilter botnet continue targeting routers located in Ukraine, which is believed to be the campaign’s primary target. read more

ISP popped router ports, saving customers the trouble of making themselves hackable
2018-05-29 02:08

SingTel then left them open for a while, because ... well there's no excuse is there? Singaporean broadband users were left vulnerable to attackers after their ISP opened remote access ports on...

FBI: Kindly Reboot Your Router Now, Please
2018-05-28 18:54

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning that a new malware threat has rapidly infected more than a half-million consumer devices. To help arrest the spread of the malware, the FBI and...

Singapore ISP Leaves 1,000 Routers Open to Attack
2018-05-28 15:02

Telcom firm leaves port open on customer routers after maintenance update exposing hundreds of customers to possible attack.

Chaos on the Cheap: 'Fancy Bear' Malware Weaponizes Routers
2018-05-24 15:48

Without New Safety Standards for Software, Experts Say Such Attacks Will ContinueA swift FBI sinkhole blunted an apparently imminent attack against Ukraine via "VPN Firewall" malware, which has...

Using a D-Link router? Watch out for hardcoded backdoors that give hackers admin access
2018-05-24 14:58

D-Link's DIR-620 routers contain four recently discovered firmware flaws that an attacker could use to take over a network, and D-Link has no plans to fix them.