Collaborate Disseminate
Hard-to-fix flaw cause >25,000 routers to leak >756,000 unique MAC addresses. Continue reading 33 Linksys router models leak full historic record of every device ever connected
A new assessment of 28 popular models for home users failed to find a single one with firmware that had fully enabled underlying security hardening features offered by Linux. Continue reading Most home routers lack simple Linux OS hardening security
Researchers have stumbled on another large botnet that’s been hijacking home routers while nobody was paying attention. Continue reading Botnet pwns 100,000 routers using ancient security flaw
Five out of six name brand routers, such as Linksys, NETGEAR and D-Link, contain known open-source vulnerabilities. Continue reading ThreatList: 83% of Routers Contain Vulnerable Code
Wireless routers are the most often attacked and exploited type of IoT device. They are also one of the rare IoT devices that most of us can’t do without. We need them to be as secure as can be, but unfortunately most of them are not. The non-pro… Continue reading Regularly updating your wireless router is not enough to ward off attacks
DDoS attacks is relentless. New techniques, new targets and a new class of attackers continue to reinvigorate one of the internet’s oldest nemesis. Continue reading DDoS Attacks Get Bigger, Smarter and More Diverse
Opportunistic threat actors are leveraging trusted tools, like PowerShell, to retrieve and execute malicious code from remote sources. According to eSentire, 91% of endpoint incidents detected in Q1 2018 involved known, legitimate binaries, such as Pow… Continue reading 91% of critical incidents involve known, legitimate binaries like PowerShell
A week ago, leading cyber threat intelligence team Cisco Talos reported that no less than 500,000 IoT devices in up to 54 countries were infected by new malware called VPNFilter. An earlier version, believed to be launched by a nation-state, targeted … Continue reading Malware hits 500k IoT devices, Talos reports
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning that a new malware threat has rapidly infected more than a half-million consumer devices. To help arrest the spread of the malware, the FBI and security firms are urging home Internet users to r… Continue reading FBI: Kindly Reboot Your Router Now, Please
Researchers warn of malware infecting 500,000 popular routers in a campaign mostly targeting the Ukraine, but also 54 other countries. Continue reading VPNFilter Malware Infects 500k Routers Including Linksys, MikroTik, NETGEAR