Weekly Threat Report 9th December 2016

Infected routers vulnerable to further attacks?

A small number of TalkTalk and Post Office domestic Wi-Fi routers are reportedly vulnerable to a new variant of the Mirai malware known as ‘Annie’. The denial of service experienced by TalkTalk and Post Office customers last week is said to have been an unintended consequence of the attacker, who goes by the name ‘BestBuy’. The attack sought to infect vulnerable routers with ‘Annie’.

Recently, BestBuy also…

Link: Weekly Threat Report 9th December 2016
Source: NCSC Reports