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"The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning that a new malware threat has rapidly infected more than a half-million consumer devices. To help arrest the spread of the malware, the FBI and security firms are urging home Internet users to reboot routers and network-attached storage devices made by a range of technology manufacturers.
"The growing menace — dubbed VPNFilter — targets Linksys, MikroTik, NETGEAR and TP-Link networking equipment in the small and home office space, as well as QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices, according to researchers at Cisco."
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/fbi-kindly-reboot-your-router-now-please/
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(Score: 4, Funny) by frojack on Wednesday June 06 2018, @11:18PM (7 children)
So, lets see if I get this right...
You're an expert in this field, so the first thing you did was....
Jump on Facebook and Twitter?
How do I mod something Facepalm?
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 06 2018, @11:25PM
If you want a realistic measure of the resistance you will face take the temperature of the masses. Users are not IT people. Users don't care about anything that isn't their direct responsibility or that for which they will not be held accountable.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 07 2018, @12:44AM (4 children)
It's like the customer that came in bitching that the repairs on his car was taking too long and costs too much, as his neighbor is a mechanic (that came with him to the shop). I asked the mechanic neighbor where he worked and what ASE certs he had... "I work at McDonalds". I think he was an IT expert too.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 07 2018, @12:53AM (3 children)
People can be self-taught. The biggest question is why didn't the guy get his neighbor to fix his car if he's a mechanic and is willing to come with him to the shop? That's what raises doubts.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 07 2018, @03:31AM (2 children)
Yeah, people can be self taught, but if someone aspires to be a professional, why not get the certs?
I've read quite a lot of medicine, I trust my judgment on myself, but like hell I would let some other "self-taught" smartass start cutting me.
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Thursday June 07 2018, @11:23AM
Rent-seeking by incumbents in an industry may have driven the cost of obtaining certs up to a level too high for a part-timer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 08 2018, @01:47AM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 07 2018, @05:07PM
it's cool how you change people's words, make assumptions about the order of their actions, and then judge them for it. All your posts are like that, are you doing okay?