Graham Cluley is a veteran of the anti-virus industry having worked for a number of security companies since the early s when he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Now an independent security analyst, he regularly makes media appearances and is an international public speaker on the topic of computer security, hackers, and online privacy.
Follow him on Twitter at gcluley , or drop him an email. Your email address will not be published. Display a Gravatar image next to my comments. Assolini notes that, in these circumstances, there are very few things that users can do to improve their router security, other than tightening their security settings and keeping their firmware and related software up to date — unless their provider offers a better router model.
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One of the 40 DNS servers used in the attack that was later accessed by authorities showed more than 14, victims had connected to it. With an attack this effective and easy to exploit, it wouldn't be surprising to learn the countries other than Brazil have also been targeted.
Last year Kaspersky Lab researchers reported a similar attack hitting Mexico. The mass attack is concerning because it successfully targeted devices few of us spend much time trying to secure. With so much emphasis spent on locking down computers, it's worth remembering that the modems and routers can also be exploited to steal banking passwords and other online assets.
This meant that when the user entered the web address of a legitimate website like google. Thus, users would visit legitimate websites such as Google, Facebook and Orkut a popular social network in Brazil and would be prompted to install software. Visitors to Google.
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