FBI Recommends Immediately Rebooting Small or Home Office Routers (esp. Linksys, Netgear, TP-Link, & MikroTik) to Block Russian Malware
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FBI Says You Should Reboot Your Home Office Router to Stop Russian Malware
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation recommended in a Friday statement that “any owner of small office and home office routers” reboot the devices, hopefully reducing their exposure to a widespread malware attack linked to Russian government actors. The FBI has reportedly seized a server used to escalate the infection, making rebooting an effective way to disable it.
A Cisco cybersecurity team said on Wednesday that at least 500,000 routers in 54 countries were impacted by the malware, known as VPN Filter. The software reportedly targets consumer-level routers used in home and small offices, and is able to both monitor local traffic and even wipe the routers, destroying them and cutting users off from the internet. Routers from Linksys, Netgear, TP-Link, and MikroTik were reportedly vulnerable – though again, the FBI is recommending rebooting all small or home office routers.
amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2018/05/26/fbi-warning-russian-malware-routers
