The FBI on Wednesday warned that American internet users and smaller businesses should be wary of entities taking advantage of older internet routers that could be “susceptible to vulnerabilities,” namely from a malware known as “TheMoon.”
“When a hardware device is end-of-life, the manufacturer no longer sells the product and is not actively supporting the hardware, which also means they are no longer releasing software updates or security patches for the device,” the agency said.
“Routers dating from 2010 or earlier likely no longer receive software updates issued by the manufacturer and could be compromised by cyber actors exploiting known vulnerabilities.”
The bureau noted that some older routers were breached by hackers using TheMoon malware and that recently some end-of-life routers “were identified as compromised by a new variant of TheMoon malware,” allowing the “cyber actors to install proxies on unsuspecting victim routers and conduct cyber crimes anonymously.”…