The IT Nerd

A new bit of nasty code called “psyb0t” is making the rounds today. It’s a piece of marware that is backed up by a rather large botnet that is designed to attack Linux-embedded routers. Here’s the kicker, it then tries to take over routers that the default user name and password has not yet been changed, or was changed to something too simple.

In other words, it targets users who are too dumb to have a reasonably secure password on their router.

I’ve reported on an explot like this previously, and the advice that I had then still applies now. So if you haven’t already changed the password on your router (or hopped through a few extra hoops if you’ve got WiFi), now would be a good time to do that.

Otherwise, you’ll join the ranks of dumb people.

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