russia US and UK warn that Russia has been hacking routers worldwide

[Fasterthannothing]

So Russia is about to lunch a massive cyber attack after the attacks on Syria by the US and its allies by using compromised devices.

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This morning, reports surfaced that UK Prime Minister Theresa May has been briefed on possible incoming Russian-based cyberattack that could lead to the release of compromising information about the country's lawmakers. But the threat has been expanded beyond gaining leverage on politicians. UK cyber intelligence agency NCSC, the FBI and the DHS have jointly accused Russian-based attackers of engaging a campaign for months trying to compromise routers, switches and firewalls around the world to hijack the Internet's infrastructure.

 Russia has been hacking into routers and other network equipment for a few months now and its feared that it will soon use those hacked devices to launch a massive cyber attack to leak tons of data to the world or use it for other nefarious purposes. 

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State-sponsored Russian hackers are actively seeking to hijack essential internet hardware, US and UK intelligence agencies say.

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the FBI and the US Department of Homeland Security issued a joint alert warning of a global campaign.

The alert details methods used to compromise the networking equipment used to move traffic across the net.

This could be used be used to mount a future offensive, it warned.
In a press conference about the alert, White House cyber-security co-ordinator Rob Joyce said the US and its allies had "high confidence" that Russia was behind the "broad campaign".

Intelligence gathered by the US and UK suggested that millions of machines directing data around the net were being targeted, he said.

Compromised devices were used to look at data passing through them, added Mr Joyce. Attackers also sought to undermine the firewalls and intrusion detection systems organisations used to spot malicious traffic before it reached users

Depending on the scope of things and what their purpose is this could shape up to be bigger than the DYN attack in 2016. Things like this are the reason that I use pfSense to harden my network security and lessen the amount of ways my network can be exploited by getting rid of crappy off the shelf router security systems and horribly slow security patches. 

 

Quote 1 source: https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/16/us-uk-warn-russia-hacked-routers-worldwide/

Quote 2 source: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43788338 

[ItsMitch]

Anyone surprised? 

[Fasterthannothing]

3 minutes ago, SC2Mitch said:

Anyone surprised? 

Not at but kinda interesting that government agencies are giving so many warnings of a cyber attack before it happens makes me think its going to be absolutely massive. I know they typically will say something like they think its going to happen but this seems like another level of certainty. 

[TheSLSAMG]

Any way to tell if the Ruskis got into my router? Is Josephi Krakowski going to try to sell me Flex Tape or is it more serious?

 

But in all seriousness, hopefully there's a way to tell that doesn't go over the heads of average users.

 

Spoiler

If the use of the word "ruski" is offensive, I apologize. I do not mean for it to be so, and have nothing against your average Russian. The Russian government on the other hand, I got a bone to pick with.

 

[GoodBytes]

Huh.. I was wondering why my router is all in Russian now.

j/k

 

[Wh0_Am_1]

7 minutes ago, Shorty88jr said:

So Russia is about to lunch a massive cyber attack after the attacks on Syria by the US and its allies by using compromised devices.

 Russia has been hacking into routers and other network equipment for a few months now and its feared that it will soon use those hacked devices to launch a massive cyber attack to leak tons of data to the world or use it for other nefarious purposes. 

Depending on the scope of things and what their purpose is this could shape up to be bigger than the DYN attack in 2016. Things like this are the reason that I use pfSense to harden my network security and lessen the amount of ways my network can be exploited by getting rid of crappy off the shelf router security systems and horribly slow security patches. 

 

Quote 1 source: https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/16/us-uk-warn-russia-hacked-routers-worldwide/

Quote 2 source: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43788338 

Well... Sounds like now would be a good time to secure all of your online data and find a good VPN like PIA, because this sounds like it is going to be a load of fun.

[Dabombinable]

And....the US and UK government probably have departments *that* have probably been doing the same

[Fasterthannothing]

8 minutes ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Well... Sounds like now would be a good time to secure all of your online data and find a good VPN like PIA, because this sounds like it is going to be a load of fun.

Time to watch the world burn trial by fire firewall

 

[Aleks NE]

17 minutes ago, Shorty88jr said:

So Russia is about to lunch a massive cyber attack after the attacks on Syria by the US and its allies by using compromised devices.

 Russia has been hacking into routers and other network equipment for a few months now and its feared that it will soon use those hacked devices to launch a massive cyber attack to leak tons of data to the world or use it for other nefarious purposes. 

Depending on the scope of things and what their purpose is this could shape up to be bigger than the DYN attack in 2016. Things like this are the reason that I use pfSense to harden my network security and lessen the amount of ways my network can be exploited by getting rid of crappy off the shelf router security systems and horribly slow security patches. 

 

Quote 1 source: https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/16/us-uk-warn-russia-hacked-routers-worldwide/

Quote 2 source: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43788338 

Is because you no rush B! 

[SpaceGhostC2C]

I don't have much to say other than...

Spoiler

 

14 minutes ago, Shorty88jr said:

Not at but kinda interesting that government agencies are giving so many warnings of a cyber attack before it happens  

Well, government agencies like to stick to a cohesive narrative...

[GoodBytes]

12 minutes ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Well... Sounds like now would be a good time to secure all of your online data and find a good VPN like PIA, because this sounds like it is going to be a load of fun.

But what happens if your VPN is compromised by Russia? Where is your god now?

[Wh0_Am_1]

1 minute ago, Shorty88jr said:

Time to watch the world burn trial by fire firewall

 

Hey if we get lucky maybe they will also take down "The great firewall of China". That would be icing on the not-so-delicious-and-scary-awesome cake.

[Wh0_Am_1]

Just now, GoodBytes said:

But what happens if your VPN is compromised by Russia? Where is your god now?

I never said they were impenetrable, they just make a good extra layer of defense, and they may be able to reach sites that would be otherwise unreachable. It's like having a BIOS switch on your graphics card, not the be all end all, just something that can save you in a bind.

[Wh0_Am_1]

9 minutes ago, Shorty88jr said:

Time to watch the world burn trial by fire firewall

 

Quick grab the popcorn!

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

My router's firmware is fully updated, so I'm not worried.

 

 

Perhaps it's time for me to ditch the old D-Link and get a PfSense router indeed.  Either way the NAS is off, the main 2 PCs are not connected to the network (waiting for TPM modules) and this install will be wiped later this week, so I'm honestly not too concerned.

[Fasterthannothing]

1 minute ago, Captain Chaos said:

My router's firmware is fully updated, so I'm not worried.

 

 

Perhaps it's time for me to ditch the old D-Link and get a PfSense router indeed.  Either way the NAS is off, the main 2 PCs are not connected to the network (waiting for TPM modules) and this install will be wiped later this week, so I'm honestly not too concerned.

Haha fully updated in 2010! ROFL and this is why I use pfSense. It has so much better security, it has things like intrusion detection, ad blocker, built in antivirus, super fast security patches and bug fixes either from the community or the main devs and it can even block IP's by country which is amazing it means I can block China, N. Korea, Russia, and many others with just a few settings. 

[hobobobo]

Spoiler

fear the russians! im rn hacking into lmg servers and every single user here coz putin said you fellas gotta be afraid to not intervene into our nefarious plans! Conquer invade subjucate! ALL YOUR BASES ARE BELONG TO US

 

Good thing about living in Russia - you learn pretty fast that neither your nor any other goverment is all that trustworthy, esp when geopolitics are in play. So fu dear uk and us, like you are not doing the exact same shit at the same time.

feels like this is not news but pure political cancer and therefore should be just removed, but mb its just me

[hobobobo]

 

 

Hey, im part of the botnet now... fucken hysteria is unbearable

[AlTech]

57 minutes ago, SC2Mitch said:

Anyone surprised? 

yes actually.

[ItsMitch]

1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

yes actually.

you're shocked that russia is doing sketchy / illegal stuff? lol

[Blademaster91]

1 hour ago, SC2Mitch said:

Anyone surprised? 

Meh, not really I figured Russia of course would be pissed enough to hack after the missile strike.

35 minutes ago, Captain Chaos said:

My router's firmware is fully updated, so I'm not worried.

 

Perhaps it's time for me to ditch the old D-Link and get a PfSense router indeed.  Either way the NAS is off, the main 2 PCs are not connected to the network (waiting for TPM modules) and this install will be wiped later this week, so I'm honestly not too concerned.

Wow,LOL at least get a router you can flash WRT onto but I either want a PfSense router or a Ubiquiti AP because normal consumer stuff sucks.

[Deus Voltage]

5 minutes ago, hobobobo said:

 

 

Hey, im part of the botnet now... fucken hysteria is unbearable

 

Can you further elaborate? I am very curious about what is actually going on

[AlTech]

2 minutes ago, SC2Mitch said:

you're shocked that russia is doing sketchy / illegal stuff? lol

No. I'm shocked that they'd happily hack consumer devices and businesses when their beef is with the US government.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

1 minute ago, Deus Voltage said:

 

Can you further elaborate? I am very curious about what is actually going on

I think he's getting blocked from sites because of Russian IP.

 

Just now, AluminiumTech said:

No. I'm shocked that they'd happily hack consumer devices and businesses when their beef is with the US government.

Don't you know? They're coming for your children, it's what they have for breakfast.

[hobobobo]

2 minutes ago, Deus Voltage said:

 

Can you further elaborate? I am very curious about what is actually going on

Tbh, i have no idea, first time seing such image. Ive been seeing some reports on "russia prepairing massive botnet attacks on the internet" for months now and, since its the first time seing this stuff, figured my moscow ip adress is second-rate now.