"Recently, security researchers at DroneBL identified a botnet, named
psyb0t, which attacks DSL modems and routers. It searches out and
takes advantage of particular devices with ports opened to the
Internet using a weak password. Once the worm enters a router, it
blocks ports and could possibility do more damage by exposing
sensitive information and/or attack other networks."

See
http://www.dronebl.org/blog/8
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6726/2/

Desktop users should consider pesticides and maybe switch over to the
bridge protocol :)

Best

A. Mani


-- 
A. Mani
Member, Cal. Math. Soc

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