Researchers have warned that a known vulnerability in the firmware of MikroTik routers is potentially far more dangerous than previously believed. The bug in question, CVE-2018-14847, is present in ...

Routers, both the big corporate kind and the small one gathering dust in the corner of your home, have long made an attractive target for hackers. They're always on and connected, often full of ...

Latvian network equipment manufacturer MikroTik has shared details on how customers can secure and clean routers compromised by the massive Mēris DDoS botnet over the summer. "As far as we have seen, ...

The powerful devices leveraged by the Meris botnet have weaknesses that make them easy to exploit, yet complex for organizations to track and secure, researchers said. The routers leveraged by the ...

Hacker Using MikroTik Routers to Eavesdrop on Internet Traffic The hacker has been actively forwarding the network traffic from over 7,500 vulnerable MikroTik routers around the globe, but the ...

TrickBot is a trojan computer virus that currently breaches Microsoft windows and other operating systems. The hacking group behind this malware uses it to conduct bank account thefts by stealing ...

Security researchers from Eclypsium have developed a tool that enterprise administrators can use to scan their corporate networks or their remote employees’ home networks for unpatched MikroTik ...

One in 16 home Wi-Fi routers is still sporting the manufacturer’s default admin password, a recent study conducted by technology website Comparitech revealed. This flaw could allow cybercriminals to ...

Hello Ars. Long time no speak. I have some networky weirdness I'm hoping the hivemind can help me with... Internet access at my house (in the UK) is via cable modem from Virgin Media. I have a ...

Microsoft's Defender for Internet of Things Research Team and Threat Intelligence Centre have jointly released an open source forensic tool for popular Mikrotik routers that have been hacked to act as ...