That Russia router malware threat might be worse than feared: What you need to know

Your gateway to the internet may be the portal that foreign hackers are using to snatch your data. The FBI recently issued a security notice warning that all home and small office routers be rebooted after Cisco’s Talos group discovered sophisticated Russian-linked “VPNFilter” malware infecting at least 500,000 networking devices.

Here’s what you need to know about VPNFilter and the FBI’s guidance to reboot your router—which might not even safeguard against the malware completely.

WHAT’S THE THREAT?

Since all your internet and local network traffic flows through your router, it can be pretty severe.