- Apr 25, 2013
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We spotted an interesting attack from Brazilian bad guys aiming to change the DNS settings of home routers by using a web-based attack, some social engineering, and malicious websites. In these attacks the malicious DNS servers configured in the user’s network device are pointed towards phishing pages of Brazilian Banks, programmed to steal financial credentials.
Attacks targeting home routers aren’t new at all; in 2011, my colleague Marta described malware targeting network devices like these. In Brazil we documented a long and painful series of remote attacks that started in 2011-2012 that affected more than 4.5 million DSL modems, exploiting a remote vulnerability and changing DNS configurations. But this “web-based” approach was something new to Brazilian bad guys until now and we believe it will spread quickly amongst them as the number of victims increases.
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Attacks targeting home routers aren’t new at all; in 2011, my colleague Marta described malware targeting network devices like these. In Brazil we documented a long and painful series of remote attacks that started in 2011-2012 that affected more than 4.5 million DSL modems, exploiting a remote vulnerability and changing DNS configurations. But this “web-based” approach was something new to Brazilian bad guys until now and we believe it will spread quickly amongst them as the number of victims increases.
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