Start Securing Your Network From Consumer-Grade IoT Threats | PCMag.com
By now you’ve heard the FBI’s plea that we should all reboot our routers. It’s happening because a hacker group in Russia created some malware that can harvest log-in credentials or even brick the device. It turns out that at least some of those Internet of Things (IoT) devices—which include small and home office (SOHO) routers, along with some network-attached storage (NAS) devices—also included a line of enterprise and cloud routers produced by European company MicroTik. And that list may grow as our knowledge of this malware increases.
While the malware in those devices has been effectively disabled by the FBI, at least for now, it still poses a threat because the hackers may have tracked the IP addresses of the infected routers and they may be able to use that information to reinfect them. Sure, they’re probably interested in personal financial information and log-in credentials, especially for banks and credit card companies, but many people also use their routers to at least occasionally telecommute. That means these same hackers could also be collecting a swath of your company’s network credentials. To help, the FBI is urging folks to reset those IoT devices to their factory defaults to get rid of the malware.