[App_rpt-users] Router Malware Warnings from FBI

[Bryan St Clair]

It is a threat to anyone who doesn't maintain a strong login credential set
and/or who doesn't update firmware.   If you do both these, you are very
unlikely to have been infected.

No harm in a reboot (for many reasons) however daily may not be needed.

Remember, firmware updates patch known vulnerability issues that these
malware infections exploit.

On Thu, May 31, 2018, 08:20 Mike <mm at midnighteng.com> wrote:

>
> Just in the case you have not heard the news of the past week,
>
> There is a warning issued by the FBI about a potential malware threat to
> routers.
>
>
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-202/2018/05/24/the-cybersecurity-202-the-fbi-is-trying-to-thwart-a-massive-russia-linked-hacking-campaign/5b058e921b326b492dd07e55/?utm_term=.3ecb87d65a41
>
>
> While I did try to dig deeper on this over the weekend, I could not
> obtain the grimy details.
>
> But it looks like a sleeper so you might want to do due diligence and
> reset your router to clear the ram.
>
> When I say sleeper, I mean it has yet to perform new duties so it might
> not affect anything now.
>
> I'm clearing all of mine once a day till I find out more. Just a FYI.
>
>
> ...mike/kb8jnm
>
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