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May 24, 2018 03:02 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/SHSamItlVng/whew-i-think.html
FBI sinkholes a key domain used by the malware that infected 500,000 home routers, declares partial victory and Russian attribution
VPNFilter is a virulent, sophisticated, multistage worm that has successfully infected 500,000 home routers, leaving them vulnerable to both surveillance (the malware snoops network traffic for passwords) and region-wide internet shutdowns (VPNFilter can brick the routers it infects, and an attacker could shut down most or all of the home/small business internet access in a region by triggering this). (more…)
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