FBI: Kindly Reboot Your Router Now, Please
Summary: The FBI warned that VPNFilter malware had infected more than 500,000 consumer routers and network-attached storage devices, targeting Linksys, MikroTik, NETGEAR, TP-Link and QNAP equipment, and urged users to reboot the devices. Cisco researchers said the malware can steal website credentials and issue a self-destruct command, and the Justice Department attributed it to APT28, the Russian state-sponsored group also known as Fancy Bear.
What you should know: Half a million small-office and home devices carried code that could wipe itself and the device on command, and a reboot only clears part of it until the hardware is reset to factory defaults.
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