Collaborate Disseminate
A group of hackers has hijacked tens of thousands of Google’s Chromecast streaming dongles, Google Home smart speakers and smart TVs with built-in Chromecast technology in recent weeks by exploiting a bug that’s allegedly been ignored by Google for alm… Continue reading Thousands of Google Chromecast Devices Hijacked to Promote PewDiePie
A study performed by the non-profit American Consumer Institute (ACI) Center for Citizen Research revealed that the majority of home routers have tens of known vulnerabilities. For its research, the ACI used a scanner called Insignary Clarity, which c… Continue reading Study: Most Home Routers Have Unpatched Vulnerabilities
A known vulnerability in MikroTik routers is potentially far more dangerous than previously thought.
A cybersecurity researcher from Tenable Research has released a new proof-of-concept (PoC) RCE attack for an old directory traversal vulnerability tha… Continue reading New Exploit for MikroTik Router WinBox Vulnerability Gives Full Root Access
Security researchers warn about a massive attack campaign in which more than 100,000 routers had their DNS settings hijacked to redirect users to phishing websites. The campaign has been dubbed GhostDNS and has been documented before, including by res… Continue reading 100K Routers Hijacked for Phishing in GhostDNS Campaign
Chinese cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a widespread, ongoing malware campaign that has already hijacked over 100,000 home routers and modified their DNS settings to hack users with malicious web pages—especially if they visit banking sites—an… Continue reading GhostDNS: New DNS Changer Botnet Hijacked Over 100,000 Routers
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 much more widespread and sophisticated than earlier.
At… Continue reading VPNFilter Router Malware Adds 7 New Network Exploitation Modules
Last month we reported about a widespread crypto-mining malware campaign that hijacked over 200,000 MikroTik routers using a previously disclosed vulnerability revealed in the CIA Vault 7 leaks.
Now Chinese security researchers at Qihoo 360 Netlab hav… Continue reading Thousands of MikroTik Routers Hacked to Eavesdrop On Network Traffic
A new week, a new crop of security stories. Last week, U.S. Military ‘Reaper Drone’ Designs, Eavesdropping on mobile devices, Making security priority and Multifactor authentication adoption made the headlines. In addition, we discussed why that XKCD … Continue reading Security Boulevard’s 5 Most Read Stories for the Week, August 06-10
A recent hack of an Air Force captain assigned to the 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, and the subsequent offer for sale of the “Reaper Drone” design via the dark web for less than $200 has caught the attention of … Continue reading For Sale: U.S. Military ‘Reaper Drone’ Designs
A hacker has managed to compromise more than 170,000 routers made by MikroTik and uses them to inject browser-based cryptomining scripts into legitimate websites visited by users. According to Simon Kenin, a researcher a Trustwave who spotted and inve… Continue reading 170K+ MikroTik Routers Inject Cryptomining Script