BrikoXM to [email protected]English • 1 year agoHackers backed by Russia and China are infecting SOHO routers like yours, FBI warnsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-linkHackers backed by Russia and China are infecting SOHO routers like yours, FBI warnsarstechnica.comBrikoXM to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@RestrictedAccountlinkEnglish2•1 year agoHow can you tell if your home router is likely to be infected or is it currently infected?
minus-squareBrikoXOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoThey removed the known malware, but they recommend the following actions to be sure & protect yourself from other malware. Perform a hardware factory reset to remove all malicious files Upgrade to the latest firmware version Change any default usernames and passwords Implement firewall rules to restrict outside access to remote management services.
minus-square@CortlinkEnglish2•1 year agoDo you still have the default password for admin access, or have you changed it?
minus-square@RestrictedAccountlinkEnglish1•edit-21 year agoI changed it when I got it. Do I have to worry about switches?
minus-square@CortlinkEnglish2•1 year agoI wouldn’t think unmanaged switches would be a problem but managed ones maybe
How can you tell if your home router is likely to be infected or is it currently infected?
They removed the known malware, but they recommend the following actions to be sure & protect yourself from other malware.
Do you still have the default password for admin access, or have you changed it?
I changed it when I got it.
Do I have to worry about switches?
I wouldn’t think unmanaged switches would be a problem but managed ones maybe