• Patch Lady – reboot your routers

    Posted on May 26, 2018 at 22:16 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Just spotted this on the FBI site – https://www.ic3.gov/media/2018/180525.aspx The FBI seized the domain that was holding over 500,000 home routers that were taken over by an attacker as part of a plot (supposedly) to take over power grids.  Most of the routers are located in the Ukraine, but to be safe the FBI is recommended to reboot your home and small business routers to be safe.

    As the page states:

    The FBI recommends any owner of small office and home office routers reboot the devices to temporarily disrupt the malware and aid the potential identification of infected devices. Owners are advised to consider disabling remote management settings on devices and secure with strong passwords and encryption when enabled. Network devices should be upgraded to the latest available versions of firmware.

     

    And while you are logging into your router, check for any firmware updates.  If you are unsure how to reboot your router, unplug the power and replug it back in.

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