Morning Overview on MSN

New KadNap botnet hijacks thousands of Asus routers for cyberattacks

A newly identified botnet called KadNap has compromised thousands of Asus routers worldwide by exploiting weaknesses in the ...
PC World

Update your Asus router’s firmware right now or risk botnet infection

When thinking about computer security, you probably consider your PC and phone first and foremost. But there’s a lot of hardware between you and the nebulous malefactors of the internet, and it’s ...
Lifehacker

If You Have an Asus Router, You Need to Check If It's Been Hacked

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...
ZDNet

Is your Asus router part of a botnet? How to check - and what you can do

Do you own an Asus router? If so, your device may have been one of thousands compromised in a large campaign waged by cybercriminals looking to exploit it. In a blog post published May 28, security ...
Ars Technica

High-severity vulnerabilities affect a wide range of Asus router models

Hardware manufacturer Asus has released updates patching multiple critical vulnerabilities that allow hackers to remotely take control of a range of router models with no authentication or interaction ...
Threat Post

FTC And Asus Settle Router Security Case

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with ASUSTeK Computer over sloppy security settings tied to its routers. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with ASUSTeK ...
Ars Technica

Dear Asus router user: You’ve been pwned, thanks to easily exploited flaw

An Ars reader by the name of Jerry got a nasty surprise as he was browsing the contents of his external hard drive over the weekend—a mysterious text file warning him that he had been hacked thanks to ...