New Botnet Hijacked Over 100,000 Routers
Return To ArticleChinese cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a widespread, ongoing malware campaign that has already hijacked over 100,000 home routers and modified their DNS settings to hack users with malicious web pages—especially if they visit banking sites—and steal their login credentials.
Dubbed GhostDNS, the campaign has many similarities with the infamous DNSChanger malwarethat works by changing DNS server settings on an infected device, allowing attackers to route the users’ internet traffic through malicious servers and steal sensitive data.
