Security News

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.

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.