Rockford Residents: If You Own A Router, Reboot Right Now
When the FBI is getting involved with warnings regarding malicious malware, you know it's serious.
Cisco released a report last week saying, "500,000 infected devices (routers) could be destroyed with a single command."
To be on the safe side, the FBI is recommending anyone with a router at home or at your place of employment be rebooted immediately.
According to ZDNET, "The malware is capable of collecting traffic sent through infected routers, such as website credentials."
Symantec released a list of routers vulnerable to the malware. Those devices are:
- 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
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