VPNFilter -- Router Malware
Posted: 28. May 2018, 23:03
I saw this in today's technology news and thought I'd pass it along to alert Salix users about the VPNFilter malware threat.
(I did a forum search to check whether this topic has been raised already; it appears that it has not.)
https://arstechnica.com/information-tec ... k-devices/
Goodin, Dan. "FBI tells router users to reboot now to kill malware infecting 500K devices: Feds take aim at potent VPNFilter malware allegedly unleashed by Russia." Ars Technica. 25 May 2018.
https://www.symantec.com/blogs/threat-i ... ot-malware
"VPNFilter: New Router Malware with Destructive Capabilities." 23 May 2018.
Includes models from:
Linksys, Mikrotik, Netgear, QNAP, TP-Link
(I did a forum search to check whether this topic has been raised already; it appears that it has not.)
https://arstechnica.com/information-tec ... k-devices/
Goodin, Dan. "FBI tells router users to reboot now to kill malware infecting 500K devices: Feds take aim at potent VPNFilter malware allegedly unleashed by Russia." Ars Technica. 25 May 2018.
https://www.symantec.com/blogs/threat-i ... ot-malware
"VPNFilter: New Router Malware with Destructive Capabilities." 23 May 2018.
Includes models from:
Linksys, Mikrotik, Netgear, QNAP, TP-Link
- Linksys E1200
- Linksys E2500
- Linksys WRVS4400N
- Mikrotik RouterOS for Cloud Core Routers: Versions 1016, 1036, and 1072
- Netgear DGN2200
- Netgear R6400
- Netgear R7000
- Netgear R8000
- Netgear WNR1000
- Netgear WNR2000
- QNAP TS251
- QNAP TS439 Pro
- Other QNAP NAS devices running QTS software
- TP-Link R600VPN