• Security
  • By Sergiu Gatlan
  • September 27th, 2018
Study Finds 83 Percent of Home Routers are Vulnerable to Attacks

Study Finds 83 Percent of Home Routers are Vulnerable to Attacks

28% of them are exposed to critical or high security risks

Attackers Combine Three Botnets to Launch Massive DDoS Attack

Attackers Combine Three Botnets to Launch Massive DDoS Attack

Crooks use a botnet of CCTV cameras, one of home routers, and one made up by compromised web servers

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 21st, 2016
Threat Group Uses Dating Sites to Build a Botnet of Vulnerable Home Routers

Threat Group Uses Dating Sites to Build a Botnet of Vulnerable Home Routers

Attackers are using the TheMoon router worm

Over 250,000 Home Routers Found with Duplicate SSH Keys

Over 250,000 Home Routers Found with Duplicate SSH Keys

Most of them are deployed by Telefónica de España

Routers from Movistar Found Vulnerable to Remote, Unauthenticated Access

Routers from Movistar Found Vulnerable to Remote, Unauthenticated Access

Disclosed privately in 2013, the bug is still present

Lizard Squad’s DDoS Tool Is Powered by Compromised Routers

Lizard Squad’s DDoS Tool Is Powered by Compromised Routers

Law enforcement works on taking down the infected devices

Attack on Home Routers Could Modify Election Ballots

Attack on Home Routers Could Modify Election Ballots

Internet voting could open the door for election fraud

DNS Rebinding Attack Can Be Used to Hack Home Routers

DNS Rebinding Attack Can Be Used to Hack Home Routers

Automated tool to be released at Black Hat