"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/
(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