iYogi Security Alert: Moose Targets Social Websites!

Your home router connects you directly to the Internet and at the same time makes you vulnerable to hacker’s. Yes, your trusted routers have turned out to be the new route for cyber crooks to dip their hands into your pocket. This time they have once again turned their attention towards your love for social networking websites.

Social networking websites are undoubtedly a hacker’s paradise and a new variant of online worm named ‘Moose’ is infecting routers in order to fraudulently gain access to your accounts on social networking sites. This worm is shrewd enough to hijack your internet connections and like, view and follow posts, pages and accounts without letting you know about it. The most heavily targeted social networks are Instagram, Twitter and Vine.

How it Works:

• Moose worms are principally targeting linux-based routers, SOHO devices which include home routers running on MIPS and ARM architectures e.g. routers made by Actiontec, Hik Vision, Netgear, Synology, TP-Link, ZyXEL, and Zhone.
• It tries out thousands of weak passwords on the router in order to take over. Read More...