Dasan’s gigabit-capable passive optical network (GPON) home routers are again the target of zero-day exploits using a new botnet called TheMoon, according to researchers at Qihoo 360 Netlab. While activity…
Month: May 2018
Advanced VPNFilter malware menacing routers worldwide
Cisco’s Talos team says 500k already pwned and leaking data By Shaun Nichols A newly-disclosed malware infection has compromised more than 500,000 home and small office routers and NAS boxes.…
Sharp rise in fake TSB text messages and phishing emails
Action Fraud is warning the public about a sharp rise in fraudsters sending out fake text messages and phishing emails claiming to be from TSB. Since the start of May,…
BMW cars found to contain more than a dozen flaws
BMW’s car computer systems have been found to contain 14 separate flaws, according to a study by a Chinese cyber-security lab. They could, in theory, let hackers take at least…
Power plants with crap cyber security will pay up to £17m
Problem: they can’t pay like banks can… By Kat Hall Plans to fine Britain’s national utilities and infrastructure providers £17m for shoddy cyber security will be at the forefront of…
ISP TalkTalk's Wi-Fi passwords Walk Walk thanks to Awks Awks router security hole
Brit broadband biz has only had four years to patch up WPS By Shaun Nichols A years-old vulnerability continues to menace the security of some home Wi-Fi networks in the…