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<blockquote data-quote="upnorth" data-source="post: 816140" data-attributes="member: 38832">Quote : &quot; Cisco Talos <a href="https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/05/VPNFilter.html" target="_blank">first disclosed</a> the existence of VPNFilter on May 23, 2018. The malware made headlines across the globe, as it was a sophisticated piece of malware developed by a nation state, infecting half a million devices, and poised to cause havoc. Yet the attack was averted. The attacker’s command and control (C2) infrastructure was seized by the FBI, preventing the attacker from broadcasting orders to compromised devices. The attacker lost control of the infected systems, and potential catastrophe was prevented.This was a wakeup call that alerted the cybersecurity community to a new kind of state-sponsored threat — a vast network of compromised devices across the globe that could stow away secrets, hide the origins of attacks and shut down networks. This is the story of VPNFilter, and the catastrophe that was averted. &quot;Full source.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2019/05/one-year-later-vpnfilter-catastrophe.html[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="upnorth, post: 816140, member: 38832"] Quote : " Cisco Talos [URL='https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/05/VPNFilter.html']first disclosed[/URL] the existence of VPNFilter on May 23, 2018. The malware made headlines across the globe, as it was a sophisticated piece of malware developed by a nation state, infecting half a million devices, and poised to cause havoc. Yet the attack was averted. The attacker’s command and control (C2) infrastructure was seized by the FBI, preventing the attacker from broadcasting orders to compromised devices. The attacker lost control of the infected systems, and potential catastrophe was prevented. This was a wakeup call that alerted the cybersecurity community to a new kind of state-sponsored threat — a vast network of compromised devices across the globe that could stow away secrets, hide the origins of attacks and shut down networks. This is the story of VPNFilter, and the catastrophe that was averted. " Full source. [URL unfurl="true"]https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2019/05/one-year-later-vpnfilter-catastrophe.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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