Thursday, December 29, 2016

Switcher – Android Malware Seize Routers’s DNS Settings

Switcher – Android Malware Seize Routers’s DNS Settings: A new Android Trojan was identified by malware researchers at Kaspersky Lab’s.
This trojan is bit special instead of attacking the user, it attacks the wireless router that user is connected to and execute a DNS Robbery attack.

Malware AndroidOS Switcher, carry out a brute force attack on the router’s admin panel if the attacks succeeded then the malware can change the IP address of the DNS servers in the router.

Read more at GBHackers On Security

Switcher – Android Malware Seize Routers’s DNS Settings

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