Threat Brief: Cyber Attackers Using Your Home Router To Bring Down Websites
Summary: Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 reports that attackers are taking control of home routers by exploiting default passwords and out-of-date software, then installing attack software that turns each device into a "bot" in a remotely controlled botnet. Those botnets are used to send huge amounts of data at websites in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, and Unit 42 recommends restarting the router weekly, changing its password, and updating its software, or contacting the ISP for help.
What you should know: The entry point is a default password and unpatched firmware on a device most people never think about - and once controlled, that router becomes attack infrastructure aimed at someone else's website.
Read the original at Unit 42 Palo Alto Networks ↗
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