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Are Hackers Targeting Your Wi-Fi Router? Here’s How To Stop Them

Yes, your router can be hacked. Here's how to tell, and how to keep your home network and devices safe from hackers.
TweakTown

ASUS router users warned: global hacking exploit detected requires factory reset

TL;DR: GreyNoise uncovered the AyySSHush botnet infecting over 8,000 hosts, mainly ASUS routers, exploiting known bypass bugs to gain persistent SSH backdoor access that survives firmware updates.
ZDNet

Your old router could be a security threat - here's why and what to do

Are you still using a router that's past its prime? If so, you could be opening yourself up to a malicious attack. The FBI is warning that cybercriminals are targeting routers that have reached their ...
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Mass. college student, 19, to plead guilty to hacking into company computer networks, cyberextortion

A student at Assumption University in Worcester has agreed to plead guilty to hacking into the computer networks of two U.S.-based companies and extorting the companies for ransoms, the U.S. Attorney ...

U.S. government scrambles to stop new hacking campaign blamed on China

U.S. cybersecurity officials ordered civilian federal agencies to check for vulnerable Cisco equipment being exploited by ...
Tulsa World

Potential victims sought in computer hacking botnet scheme

Federal prosecutors are asking people to notify them if they think they have been victimized by a computer-hacking scheme that was busted in May. U.S. District Judge John Russell on Wednesday approved ...