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Interesting article regarding the importance of home network security as a factor in overall corporate network security in the age of work from home and remote access

NSA Releases New Best Practices for Securing Home Networks Even in the comfort of your own home, poor network security can open doors to a cyber criminal, leading to a company-wide data breach.

This mostly affects home routers

https://www.technewsworld.com/story/85356.html?rss=1

The following routers can be infected:

Linksys E1200
Linksys E2500
Linksys WRVS4400N
Mikrotik RouterOS for Cloud Core Routers: Versions 1016, 1036, and 1072
Netgear DGN2200
Netgear R6400
Netgear R7000
Netgear R8000
Netgear WNR1000
Netgear WNR2000
QNAP TS251
QNAP TS439 Pro
Other QNAP NAS devices running QTS software
TP-Link R600VPN

FBI Declaws Russian Fancy Bear Botnet The FBI has disrupted a network of half a million routers compromised by the group of Russian hackers believed to have penetrated the DNC and the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 elections, according to reports. The hacker group, known as "Fancy Bear," has been using a malware program called...

Interesting article about malware and ransomware

What Common Misconceptions Do People Have About Malware? What common misconceptions do most people have about malware/ransomware? This question was originally answered on Quora by IBM Security.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3004441/microsoft-windows/microsoft-surreptitiously-reissues-botched-patch-kb-3097877-for-windows-7.html

Microsoft surreptitiously reissues botched patch KB 3097877 for Windows 7 The new, fixed patch has the same KB number as the old, bad patch that crashed Outlook and busted network logon