Re:Someone Has Infected at Least 500,000 Routers All Over th...
by takeitto on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:08PM
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I believe this is what Antonov meant when he said: "A pre-designed scenario is being implemented, Again, we are being threatened. We warned that such actions will not be left without consequences." in response to the latest Syria strike.
WWIII may not be nukes, but complete economic chaos after banks, hospitals, militaries, and electricity networks are taken down.
Re:Someone Has Infected at Least 500,000 Routers All Over th...
by hoffbrau99 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:11PM
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Good reasons to start being a prepper if you aren't already
Re:Someone Has Infected at Least 500,000 Routers All Over th...
by maerF0x0 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:15PM
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And to watch all of Mr. Robot for ideas.
Re:Someone Has Infected at Least 500,000 Routers All Over th...
by jageen on Sunday May 27, 2018 @10:53PM
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And "dai hard 4".
Re:Someone Has Infected at Least 500,000 Routers All Over th...
by rurban on Monday May 28, 2018 @06:58AM
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Let's just abbreviate "Someone" to "The Russian Government".
They are mostly targeting Ukraine, but who know what else they are up to. Almost as troubling as the US government actions.
Re:Someone Has Infected at Least 500,000 Routers All Over th...
by Dolores12 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:31PM
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Any evidence or press release is enough?
Re:Someone Has Infected at Least 500,000 Routers All Over th...
by meritt on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:42PM
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https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/05/VPNFilter.html provides a detailed technical overview of how VPNFilter functions and their findings conclude it appears to be a derivative of similar efforts by the same group.
NCCIC released the following analysis last year with more on the topic: https://www.us-cert.gov/sites/default/files/publications/AR-...
Sophos published an article a month ago that warned about this exact scenario: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/04/18/russias-grizzly-...
[1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fancy_Bear
[3] https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/24/fbi-seizes-domain-russia...