Collaborate Disseminate
Security researchers have discovered at least three massive malware campaigns exploiting hundreds of thousands of unpatched MikroTik routers to secretly install cryptocurrency miners on computers connected to them.
In all, the malware campaigns have c… Continue reading Hackers Infect Over 200,000 MikroTik Routers With Crypto Mining Malware
It turns out that the threat of the massive VPNFilter botnet malware that was discovered late last month is beyond what we initially thought.
Security researchers from Cisco’s Talos cyber intelligence have today uncovered more details about VPNFilter … Continue reading Destructive and MiTM Capabilities of VPNFilter Malware Revealed
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 announced the takedown of a key internet domain used for the… Continue reading FBI seizes control of a massive botnet that infected over 500,000 routers
More than half a million routers and storage devices in dozens of countries have been infected with a piece of highly sophisticated IoT botnet malware, likely designed by Russia-baked state-sponsored group.
Cisco’s Talos cyber intelligence unit have d… Continue reading Researchers unearth a huge botnet army of 500,000 hacked routers
Even after being aware of various active cyber attacks against the GPON Wi-Fi routers, if you haven’t yet taken them off the Internet, then be careful—because a new botnet has joined the GPON party, which is exploiting an undisclosed zero-day vulnerabi… Continue reading Hackers are exploiting a new zero-day flaw in GPON routers
Widespread routers’ DNS hijacking malware that recently found targeting Android devices has now been upgraded its capabilities to target iOS devices as well as desktop users.
Dubbed Roaming Mantis, the malware was initially found hijacking Internet ro… Continue reading DNS-Hijacking Malware Targeting iOS, Android and Desktop Users Worldwide
Well, that did not take long.
Within just 10 days of the disclosure of two critical vulnerabilities in GPON router at least 5 botnet families have been found exploiting the flaws to build an army of million devices.
Security researchers from Chinese-… Continue reading 5 Powerful Botnets Found Exploiting Unpatched GPON Router Flaws
Since hackers have started exploiting two recently disclosed unpatched critical vulnerabilities found in GPON home routers, security researchers have now released an unofficial patch to help millions of affected users left vulnerable by their device ma… Continue reading A Simple Tool Released to Protect Dasan GPON Routers from Remote Hacking
You may unknowingly be part of a Russian hacking campaign. No, I’m not talking about election tampering; this is a different, but ongoing, tactic. Hackers are targeting the types of routers and firewalls, including those used in homes and small busine… Continue reading Routers Prove to Be an Easy Target for Russian Hackers
Security researchers have been warning about an ongoing malware campaign hijacking Internet routers to distribute Android banking malware that steals users’ sensitive information, login credentials and the secret code for two-factor authentication.
In… Continue reading Cybercriminals Hijack Router DNS to Distribute Android Banking Trojan