SOHO Routers at Risk–Again

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SMK
Sean Michael Kerner
Mar 5, 2014

Once again, security researchers are pointing an accusing finger at small office/home office (SOHO) routers as being vulnerable to exploitation.

This time the research group is Team Cymru, and the report claims that more than 300,000 devices have been infected. The infected devices are mostly in Europe and Asia and involve overwritten DNS settings.

SMK

Sean Michael Kerner

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