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VPNFilter malware infected 500K devices: SMB and home office routers are at risk
2018-05-24 12:40

Cisco's Talos Intelligence uncovered a malware campaign targeting router and NAS products, but government intervention may have neutralized the threat.

VPNFilter router malware – what to do? [VIDEO]
2018-05-24 12:04

Learn how to deal with the VPNFilter malware currently plaguing 500,000 home routers worldwide.

FBI Seizes Domain Controlling 500,000 Compromised Routers
2018-05-24 11:18

Sinkholing Should Help Mitigate 'VPN Filter' OutbreakAt least 500,000 routers, mostly located in Ukraine, have been infected with "VPN Filter" malware that experts believe is a prelude to a...

FBI seizes control of a massive botnet that infected over 500,000 routers
2018-05-24 10:18

Shortly after Cisco's released its early report on a large-scale hacking campaign that infected over half a million routers and network storage devices worldwide, the United States government...

U.S. Disrupts Russian Botnet of 500,000 Hacked Routers
2018-05-24 02:30

The US Justice Department said Wednesday that it had seized an internet domain that directed a dangerous botnet of a half-million infected home and office network routers, controlled by hackers...

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...