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Advanced VPNFilter malware menacing routers worldwide
2018-05-23 20:05

Cisco's Talos team says 500k already pwned and leaking data A newly-disclosed malware infection has compromised more than 500,000 home and small office routers and NAS boxes.…

VPNFilter Malware Infects 500k Routers Including Linksys, MikroTik, NETGEAR
2018-05-23 16:48

Researchers warn of malware infecting 500,000 popular routers in a campaign mostly targeting the Ukraine, but also 54 other countries.

Researchers unearth a huge botnet army of 500,000 hacked routers
2018-05-23 16:03

More than half a million routers and storage devices in dozens of countries have been infected with a piece of highly sophisticated IoT botnet malware, likely designed by Russia-baked...

VPNFilter – is a malware timebomb lurking on your router?
2018-05-23 13:55

A Cisco paper reports on zombie malware that has apparently infected more than half-a-million home routers.

Hackers are exploiting a new zero-day flaw in GPON routers
2018-05-23 09:32

Even after being aware of various active cyber attacks against the GPON Wi-Fi routers, if you haven't yet taken them off the Internet, then be careful—because a new botnet has joined the GPON...

TalkTalk data can Walk Walk thanks to four year-old router flaw
2018-05-22 20:08

Researcher says Wi-Fi passwords left wide open A years-old security flaw could be putting the security of some UK Wi-Fi networks at risk.…

Comcast Patches Router Bug That Leaked Some Wi-Fi Passwords
2018-05-22 16:09

A bug in Comcast’s activation website for its Xfinity routers leaked sensitive customer data.

More than 800K DrayTek routers vulnerable to DNS reprogramming attack
2018-05-22 15:57

Nearly all of the 800,000+ DrayTek routers currently in operation are subject to an exploit allowing an attacker to change its DNS settings. Update your firmware now.

Botnets Target Zero-Days in GPON Routers
2018-05-22 12:51

Two unpatched vulnerabilities in Dasan’s Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network (GPON) routers are being exploited by Internet of Things (IoT) botnets, security researchers warn. read more

DrayTek router user? Patch now to keep the crooks out…
2018-05-22 11:30

DrayTek has announced a security hole in its Vigor range of routers.