VPN Filter Notice from WoMaster

BARCELONA, Spain - July 26, 2018 - PRLog -- VPNFiler is estimated to infect approximately 500,000 to 1,000,000 routers worldwide, as of 24 May 2018, . It can steal data, contains a "kill switch" designed to destroy the infected router on command, and is able to persist should the user reboot the router.

The VPNFilter malware actually installs itself in multiple stages:

• Stage 1 involves a worm (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm) and adds it to the crontab, the list of tasks run at regular intervals by the cron (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron) scheduler on Linux. This allows it to remain on the device, to re-infect it with the subsequent stages if they are removed.
• Stage 2 is the actual body of the malware, including the basic code that carries out all normal functions and executes any instructions requested by special, optional Stage 3 modules.
• Stage 3 can be any of various "modules" that tell the malware to do specific things, like spying on industrial control devices (Modbus SCADA) or using secure "dark web (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_web)" Tor (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network) software to communicate via encryption

WoMaster industrial router and switch products, ex. WR series, SCB series, DS/DP/MP series, and RS/RP series, don't use cron scheduler but apply WoMaster patented scheduler technology instead. Therefore, The VPNFilter malware have no opportunity to add a worm (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm) to the crontab at Stage 1. This is the reason why WoMaster industrial router and switch products are all immune of VPNFiler.

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