Your Wi-Fi router’s hidden trick: Easy file sharing between PCs
An easy way to share files between PCs in your home is to set up a share drive using your router’s USB port. You can set up a share drive with just a few easy…
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Thousands of Asus routers hacked and turned into a botnet, report says
The network equipment that you connect your computer to is, of course, also made up of computers—and they’re more complex than you might think. In fact, they’re sophisticated enough to run their own custom software……
Thousands of Asus routers are being hit with stealthy, persistent backdoors
GreyNoise said it detected the campaign in mid-March and held off reporting on it until after the company notified unnamed government agencies. That detail further suggests that the threat actor may have some connection to…
FBI and Dutch police seize and shut down botnet of hacked routers
A joint international law enforcement action shut down two services accused of providing a botnet of hacked internet-connected devices, including routers, to cybercriminals. U.S. prosecutors also indicted four people accused of hacking into the devices…
Thousands of hacked TP-Link routers being used to hijack Azure accounts
Last week, Microsoft issued a warning that a network of bots (or botnet) is being actively used to carry out advanced password-spraying attacks against users of Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service. The worst part? It’s…
Thousands of hacked TP-Link routers used in years-long account takeover attacks
Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government are using a botnet of thousands of routers, cameras, and other Internet-connected devices to perform highly evasive password spray attacks against users of Microsoft’s Azure cloud service,…
Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span
Getty Images One day last October, subscribers to an ISP known as Windstream began flooding message boards with reports their routers had suddenly stopped working and remained unresponsive to reboots and all other attempts to…
Hacker free-for-all fights for control of home and office routers everywhere
Cybercriminals and spies working for nation-states are surreptitiously coexisting inside the same compromised name-brand routers as they use the devices to disguise attacks motivated both by financial gain and strategic espionage, researchers said. In some…
Thousands of phones and routers swept into proxy service, unbeknownst to users
Getty Images Crooks are working overtime to anonymize their illicit online activities using thousands of devices of unsuspecting users, as evidenced by two unrelated reports published Tuesday. The first, from security firm Lumen Labs, reports…
Hackers backed by Russia and China are infecting SOHO routers like yours, FBI warns
The FBI and partners from 10 other countries are urging owners of Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to check their gear for signs they’ve been hacked and are being used to conceal ongoing malicious operations by Russian state…
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