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Title: FBI Says You Should Reboot Your Routers And NAS Devices
Post by: bbmike on May 28, 2018, 04:45:35 PM
FBI Says You Should Reboot Your Routers And NAS Devices (https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomcoughlin/2018/05/28/fbi-says-you-should-reboot-your-routers-and-nas-devices/#6ba42097fed2)

Of course, it could also be a trap. You know how evil the FBI is.
Title: Re: FBI Says You Should Reboot Your Routers And NAS Devices
Post by: bbmike on June 07, 2018, 11:33:52 AM
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3277466/security/reboot-router-russian-malware-fbi-vpnfilter.html#tk.rss_all (https://www.pcworld.com/article/3277466/security/reboot-router-russian-malware-fbi-vpnfilter.html#tk.rss_all)
Title: Re: FBI Says You Should Reboot Your Routers And NAS Devices
Post by: mirth on June 07, 2018, 11:40:37 AM
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/vpnfilter-router-malware,news-27361.html
Title: Re: FBI Says You Should Reboot Your Routers And NAS Devices
Post by: Sir Slash on June 07, 2018, 11:43:49 AM
I un-plug every day for about an hour to reboot my router. I call it a 'nap'.  O0
Title: Re: FBI Says You Should Reboot Your Routers And NAS Devices
Post by: Tpek on June 07, 2018, 12:35:33 PM
They're not talking about rebooting, but doing factory reset and then updating the firmware.
Title: Re: FBI Says You Should Reboot Your Routers And NAS Devices
Post by: bbmike on June 07, 2018, 12:44:54 PM
They suggested just a reboot back when I first posted this. Now it seems a bit more complicated than just that.
Title: Re: FBI Says You Should Reboot Your Routers And NAS Devices
Post by: em2nought on June 09, 2018, 09:51:42 AM
Quote from: Tpek on June 07, 2018, 12:35:33 PM
They're not talking about rebooting, but doing factory reset and then updating the firmware.

I'm confused, they say to update the firmware and then reset.    You say reset and then update firmware.  Which is it?
Title: Re: FBI Says You Should Reboot Your Routers And NAS Devices
Post by: JasonPratt on June 09, 2018, 08:42:14 PM
Both. Updating the firmware amounts to two resets, one before and one after (although I think the updating does that automagically).