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The VPNFilter malware is still present in hundreds of networks and malicious actors could take control of the infected devices, according to researchers at cybersecurity firm Trend Micro. Identified in 2018 and mainly focusing on Ukraine, VPNFilter rose to fame quickly due to the targeting of a large number of routers and network-attached storage devices from ASUS, D-Link, Huawei, Linksys, MikroTik, Netgear, QNAP, TP-Link, Ubiquiti, UPVEL, and ZTE. Believed to be operated by Russian threat actor Sofacy, with possible involvement from Sandworm, VPNFilter emerged as a major threat right from the start: 50 impacted device models, the potential to compromise critical infrastructure, and approximately 500,000 bots observed across 54 countries.
The recently discovered VPNFilter malware has even more capabilities than previously thought, researchers at Cisco Talos determined after identifying seven new modules. read more
Security researchers have discovered even more dangerous capabilities in VPNFilter—the highly sophisticated multi-stage malware that infected 500,000 routers worldwide in May this year, making it...
Talos turns up obfuscation, lateral attacks, and proxies Cunning malware VPNFilter remains under active development, and is acquiring ever more dangerous features.…
Seven new modules discovered in VPNFilter further fill in the blanks about how the malware operates and reveals a wider breath of capabilities.
We won't say who we think it is but we'll point with our elbow... A Ukrainian intel agency has claimed it stopped a cyber attack against a chlorine station that was launched using the notorious...
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) revealed this week that the VPNFilter malware, which it attributed to Russian intelligence agencies, had targeted a critical infrastructure organization. read more
Traffic-fiddling malware may have met its match Clean-up efforts to respond to the VPNFilter malware have accelerated with the release of a free check-up tool.…
The list of routers VPNFilter can infect now includes another 56 models from Asus, D-Link, Huawei, Ubiquiti, UPVEL, and ZTE.
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...