Security News

US, UK cyber cops warn Russians are rooting around in your routers
2018-04-16 21:00

After all, it's where all your data is flowing through American and British crimefighters have launched another round of pin-the-tail-on-the-Russians – with a warning that Moscow-backed hackers...

US and UK cyber authorities warn Russians are rooting around in your router
2018-04-16 21:00

After all, it's where the data is US and UK cyber authorities have launched another round of pin the tale on the Russians, with a warning that Moscow-sponsored hackers are trying to subvert the...

Moxa plugs serious vulnerabilities in industrial secure router
2018-04-16 19:00

A slew of serious vulnerabilities in the Moxa EDR-810 series of industrial secure routers could be exploited to inject OS commands, intercept weakly encrypted or extract clear text passwords,...

Cybercriminals Hijack Router DNS to Distribute Android Banking Trojan
2018-04-16 14:33

Security researchers have been warning about an ongoing malware campaign hijacking Internet routers to distribute Android banking malware that steals users' sensitive information, login...

Severe Flaws Expose Moxa Industrial Routers to Attacks
2018-04-16 04:36

Cisco’s Talos intelligence and research group has reported identifying a total of 17 vulnerabilities in an industrial router from Moxa, including many high severity command injection and...

Router ravaging, crippling code, and why not to p*ss off IT staff
2018-04-14 14:04

The wacky week in security Roundup It has been a busy week for security, with the CYBERUK 2018 conference in the UK and the industry gearing up for BSides and the RSA conference in San Francisco...

Multi-Purpose Proxy Botnet Ensnares 65,000 Routers
2018-04-12 17:54

More than 65,000 routers exposed to the Internet via the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol are being abused by cybercriminals as part of a large, multi-purpose proxy botnet, Akamai has...

Russian Cyberspies Hacked Routers in Energy Sector Attacks
2018-03-19 13:51

A cyberespionage group believed to be operating out of Russia hijacked a Cisco router and abused it to obtain credentials that were later leveraged in attacks targeting energy companies in the...

How 'Slingshot' Router Malware Lurked For Six Years
2018-03-12 12:03

No Link to Known APT Group Cited, But Attackers Appear to Like TolkienKaspersky Lab says it has uncovered an elegantly written piece of malware that leverages a Latvian-designed router to launch...

Cyber Espionage Campaign ‘Slingshot’ Targets Victims Via Routers
2018-03-10 15:30

Researchers have uncovered a new cyber-espionage threat that uses MikroTik routers as a springboard to launch attacks within a network.