Security researchers say they have uncovered clandestine attacks across three continents on the routers that direct traffic around the internet, potentially allowing suspected cyberspies to harvest ...

Discovered by the security firm, FireEye, SYNful Knock is a classic example of stupid users wrecking security. This malware, which has been found on Cisco 1841, 2811 and 3825 routers, is not the ...

Researchers earlier this week uncovered malware actively targeting more than a dozen Cisco routers across four different countries. Dubbed SYNful Knock, the malware introduces a backdoor that grants ...

FireEye's Mandiant today warned of a new router bug, dubbed SYNful Knock, which can maintain a "perpetual presence" on a network. Translation: good luck getting rid of, or even detecting, SYNful Knock ...

Cisco Systems enterprise users now have a way to check if their network routers might have been infected by the recently disclosed SYNful Knock malware. The company yesterday released a new Python ...

VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PFP Cybersecurity, a provider of an IoT platform to ensure trust, today announced it will demonstrate a simple solution for continuously monitoring and securing ...

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The SYNful Knock compromise of routers can implant software that creates backdoors to let attackers return over and over, a sophisticated endeavor that demonstrates the ingenuity of its creators, ...

Security services company FireEye has published an analysis of new exploits being conducted against Cisco routers, which seek to permanent compromise targeted devices. The attacks, which have been ...

FireEye's Mandiant today warned of a new router bug, dubbed SYNful Knock, which can maintain a "perpetual presence" on a network. Translation: good luck getting rid of, or even detecting, SYNful Knock ...