Patch your MikroTik Router, Seriously

Security experts often sound like the worst stuck record ever. “Update your software,” “update your hardware,” “update your operating system,” are said verbatim and on repeat constantly. The reason for all the repetition is that users to do not follow this simple advice. Updates are seen as an inconvenience rather than a security essential. If you are the owner of a MikroTik router it is most certainly time to patch your router. Security researchers on Twitter, including Kira 2.0, sounded the warning sirens showing that nearly 12,000 MikroTik routers are currently infected with various malware strains. Researchers began investigating further and it was discovered that a known vulnerability in the firmware of MikroTik routers is potentially far more dangerous than previously believed. The vulnerability in question, CVE-2018-14847, is present in the Winbox administration utility of MikroTik's RouterOS. According to ...

Ultimatesearchweb.com Redirect

ultimatesearchweb.com is a fake web search engine that, according to the developers, enhances web browsing experience by generating improved results. It's appearance suggests that this site is completely appropriate and handy. Yet it is worth mentioning that developers promote it by using rogue downloaders/installers which modify web browsers' options without permission. Moreover, ultimatesearchweb.com continually gathers information relating to user's web browsing activity. Research results show that rogue setups usually target Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox web browsers. After successful infiltration, these tools set ultimatesearchweb.com as browsers' new tab URL, default search engine, and homepage. Moreover, setups install a number of so-called "helper objects" - third party applications and/or browser extensions. "Helper objects" are designed to reassign browsers' aforementione...