"FBI: Reboot Your Home and Small Office Routers to Counter Russian Malware"

The FBI, DHS, and DoJ urge the reboot of small office and home office (SOHO) routers to counter the infection of malware by the name of VPNFilter, which is linked to a Russian state-sponsored hacking group. The malware has been discovered to have infected at least 500,000 routers manufactured by Linksys, MikroTik, NETGEAR, and TP-Link. In addition to SOHO routers, the malware has also infected network-attached storage (NAS) devices. This article continues to discuss the capabilities, impact, targeted devices, and perpetrators of the VPNFilter malware, along with warnings and recommendations surrounding the remediation of this malware.

CSO Online reports "FBI: Reboot Your Home and Small Office Routers to Counter Russian Malware"​