[Trend]Home Routers: Mitigating Attacks that can Turn them to Zombies

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Home Routers: Mitigating Attacks that can Turn them to Zombies

With more households running smart devices that access the internet, the router is typically their only doorkeeper. And whether an end user has a laptop/desktop and router combo, or a miscellany of other devices connected to the network, the security risks are the same. Based on our research, home routers have been most susceptible to cross-site scripting (XSS) and PHP arbitrary code injection attacks, as well as being involved in carrying out DNS amplification attacks.

Post from: Trendlabs Security Intelligence Blog - by Trend Micro

Home Routers: Mitigating Attacks that can Turn them to Zombies

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