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Urgent FBI request - Router Malware
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/t...t-malware.html
This appears to infect in stages and many routers may already harbor stage 1. Rebooting apparently removes stages beyond stage 1 - to my eye looks like a temporary fix. On a personal note, I think my LEDE setup is ok. VPN ports are closed by default and r/w configuration access is only through ssh. Edit: More Details https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2...VPNFilter.html Last edited by shep; 27th May 2018 at 07:01 PM. Reason: Removed LEDE ramble |
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My sense is that
- many manufacturers stop issuing firmware upgrades after a couple of years since there isn't any money to be made by doing so, - even when they do, most home users don't know about firmware upgrades and so don't apply them, - let alone applying OpenWRT or DDWRT where possible, - most home users don't change the default credentials due to lack of knowledge. So there are a lot of devices out there that are potentially easy pickings. |
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What garnered my attention is that this is the first time the FBI has targeted an attack vector and enlisted non-technical, National media to counter it. The FBI is not known for hyperbole so I wonder if this was prompted by an imminent or ongoing exploit of the vector? Edit: From the Slate https://slate.com/news-and-politics/...infection.html Quote:
I can imagine that the FBI found concerning code on the web site and also suspect that the site was backed up. Last edited by shep; 28th May 2018 at 03:13 AM. |
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