CISA, NSA and allies warn of Russian state hackers targeting routers

CISA, the NSA, FBI, and international partners issued a joint advisory on 14 July warning that Russian state-linked hackers are targeting poorly secured networking devices across communications, energy, government, financial services and healthcare sectors, not just in the US but globally.

The advisory's core message is refreshingly unglamorous: basic router hygiene, changing default credentials, disabling unnecessary remote management, keeping firmware current, closes off most of the access these groups rely on.

Why this matters: this targets organisations running enterprise and ISP-grade networking gear, not home Wi-Fi routers directly, but if you manage any business network equipment, this week is a good week to check firmware versions and default passwords.