Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Public Service Announcement from FBI: Foreign Cyber Actors Target Home and Office Routers and Networked Devices Worldwid

Summary

The FBI recommends any owner of small office and home office routers power cycle (reboot) the devices. Foreign cyber actors have compromised hundreds of thousands of home and office routers and other networked devices worldwide. The actors used VPNFilter malware to target small office and home office routers. The malware is able to perform multiple functions, including possible information collection, device exploitation, and blocking network traffic.

Please see https://www.ic3.gov/media/2018/180525.aspx for the complete bulletin.