Topic: Bizarre attack infects Linksys routers with self-replicating malware

[Pandora]

Johannes B. Ullrich, CTO of the Sans Institute, told Ars he has been able to confirm that the malicious worm has infected around 1,000 Linksys E1000, E1200, and E2400 routers, although the actual number of hijacked devices worldwide could be much higher.

A blog post Sans published shortly after this article was posted expanded the range of vulnerable models to virtually the entire Linksys E product line. Once a device is compromised, it scans the Internet for other vulnerable devices to infect.

H/T nbpundit=Grouchies

[AlanS]

Whew. Have a Netgear. I had to run and see.

So far, it does not appear that the malware flashes itself in, so it can be removed by a reboot.

Sounds like an easy fix.

[oldcoastie6468]

I have a Cisco.

[Libertas]

Netgear here too.  Whew!