This Tool Can Tell You If Your Home Network Has Been Compromised

If you think your router is being used to conduct malicious activity, try using IP Check, which alerts you if your IP address has been observed scanning the internet as part of a botnet or residential ...
Wired

Russian Spies Jumped From One Network to Another Via Wi-Fi in an Unprecedented Hack

For determined hackers, sitting in a car outside a target's building and using radio equipment to breach its Wi-Fi network has long been an effective but risky technique. These risks became all too ...
Network World

How the DOT discovered its network was compromised by shadow IT

Finding of hundreds of pieces of unauthorized networking equipment, including many off-the-shelf consumer-grade devices, compelled the Department of Transportation CIO to alert department leadership ...
Ars Technica

US recommends encrypted messaging as Chinese hackers linger in telecom networks

A US government security official urged Americans to use encrypted messaging as major telecom companies struggle to evict Chinese hackers from their networks. The attack has been attributed to a ...
The Sheboygan Press

City of Sheboygan investigating unauthorized access of its network and ransom request

SHEBOYGAN – The city of Sheboygan is grappling with network issues that arose last week and that included the request for a ransom to be paid. The city said an internal investigation revealed its ...

Russian security agents have been using a secret network of corrupted computers to spy on NATO for decades, but the US just busted it open, feds say

The FBI has disrupted what is believed to be the "most sophisticated cyber espionage tool in the FSB's arsenal," one of the agencies involved said.
TechSpot

Hacked TP-Link routers at center of massive botnet used to attack Azure customers

In context: CovertNetwork-1658 is a stark reminder of the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between cybersecurity professionals and threat actors. Using compromised devices as part of a botnet also ...
Hosted on MSN

Hackers breach Wi-Fi network of U.S. firm from Russia — daisy chain attack jumps from network to network to gain access from thousands of miles away

Russian hackers compromised the Wi-Fi of an organization located in the U.S. without needing to get into range of its wireless network. The attackers accomplished the feat by jumping from one Wi-Fi ...
SDxCentral

Threat Actor Leverages Compromised Account of Former Employee to Access State Government Organization

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) conducted an incident response assessment of a state government ...
XDA Developers on MSN

4 smart home devices you should isolate from your network

IP cameras and doorbell cameras are among the highest-risk smart home devices you can own. Proprietary solutions combine constant internet connectivity with microphones, cameras, and cloud ...
CoinTelegraph

Lightning Labs CTO downplays node security bug, citing compromised user

The chief technology officer of Lightning Labs, the firm behind the Bitcoin scaling network, has downplayed a purported new bug that could allow exploiters to drain funds from Lightning Nodes. “Based ...