Hackers are opening SMB ports on routers so they can infect PCs with NSA malware

Akamai has detected an ingenious malware campaign that alters configurations on home and small office routers to open connections toward internal networks so crooks can infect previously isolated computers. The way hackers achieve this, Akamai said, is via a technique known as UPnProxy, which the company first detailed in April this year. [1] [1] By Catalin Cimpanu on ZDNet

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