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Home Routers targeted with DNS malware via mobile devices
Researchers at Trend Micro uncovered a new form of attack exploiting vulnerabilities in home routers.
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Cybercrime
Hacker claims army of 3.2M home routers seized via malicious firmware update
A hacker claims to have pushed a malicious firmware update to 3.2 million home routers.
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Poor password and username management leaves many home routers vulnerable
About 15 percent of all home routers are unsecure, according to a study recently released by ESET.
Vulnerabilities
Hackers attacking WordPress sites via home routers
hackers are launching coordinated brute-force attacks on the administration panels of WordPress sites via unsecured home routers.
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Vulnerabilities in home routers used for compromising bank accounts
CERT Polska researchers have observed attackers using DNS redirection attacks - made possible due to vulnerabilities in home routers - to effectively access online banking accounts in Poland.
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Home Routers Used to Launch Brute-Force Attacks on WordPress Sites
A group of hackers is launching coordinated brute-force attacks targeting the administration panel of WordPress websites, and their assaults are powered by unsecured home routers.
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Can your network operator stop your smart washer from airing your dirty laundry?
Migration to 5G and the better connectivity it promises has also brought with it an equally burgeoning cybersecurity threat landscape. This, coupled with the proliferation of IoT devices that are fraught with inherent security flaws, means even bigger security woes for consumers. It is, therefore, no wonder that Americans are more worried about cybercrime than…
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Self-deleting malware targets home routers to gather information
The malware purports to be an Adobe Flash update, and was detected by Trend Micro as TROJ_VICEPASS.A, or VICEPASS.
Security News
More than 24M home routers enabling DNS amplification DDoS attacks
More than 24 million home routers have open DNS proxies that enable DNS-based DDoS attacks, and 5.3 million of the devices were used to generate attack traffic in February, according to Nominum.
Vulnerabilities
Google patches 7 flaws in Dnsmasq
Google reported it has discovered and issued patches fo seven vulnerabilities in the DNS software package Dnsmasq, several of which could lead to remote code execution or leave the device open to a denial of service attack if exploited.
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