MikroTik CCR1072-1G-8S+ Review (Part 2) – BGP Performance *** Preview ***

Part 2 is on the way!

It has been a busy week and we have been working hard on CCR1072 testing. The full review for BGP Performance is still a few days away, but here is a sneak preview of some of the testing in the IP ArchiTechs Area 51 Lab.

We put just under 1.7 Million routes across 4 BGP peers into the CCR1072-1G-8S+ and it was fully converged in 2 Minutes and 42 seconds.

Here is a screen shot of the CCR1072-1G-8S+ after converging with 4 full feeds. 

MikroTik and Ubiquity routers being Hijacked by Dyre Malware?

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Came across several interesting articles that claim there is a change in the way Dyre aka Upatre malware is spreading. Dyre seems to be getting a lot of press as it is used in browser hijacks to compromise online banking credentials and other sensitive private data. However, most recently – instead of infecting hosts, it appears to be compromising routers as well.  Blogger krebsonsecurity.com writes:

Recently, researchers at the Fujitsu Security Operations Center in Warrington, UK began tracking Upatre being served from hundreds of compromised home routers — particularly routers powered by MikroTik and Ubiquiti’s AirOS.

As I first started researching this, I was wondering how they determined the router itself is compromised and not a host that sits on a NAT behind the router. Certainly different devices leave telltale signs visible in an IP packet capture that help point towards the true origin of a packet, so it’s possible that something was discovered in that way. It’s also possible the router isn’t being compromised via the Internet, but rather on the LAN side as it would be much easier for malware to scan the private subnet it sits on and attempt to use well known Continue reading

MikroTik and Ubiquity routers being Hijacked by Dyre Malware?

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Came across several interesting articles that claim there is a change in the way Dyre aka Upatre malware is spreading. Dyre seems to be getting a lot of press as it is used in browser hijacks to compromise online banking credentials and other sensitive private data. However, most recently – instead of infecting hosts, it appears to be compromising routers as well.  Blogger krebsonsecurity.com writes:

Recently, researchers at the Fujitsu Security Operations Center in Warrington, UK began tracking Upatre being served from hundreds of compromised home routers — particularly routers powered by MikroTik and Ubiquiti’s AirOS.

As I first started researching this, I was wondering how they determined the router itself is compromised and not a host that sits on a NAT behind the router. Certainly different devices leave telltale signs visible in an IP packet capture that help point towards the true origin of a packet, so it’s possible that something was discovered in that way. It’s also possible the router isn’t being compromised via the Internet, but rather on the LAN side as it would be much easier for malware to scan the private subnet it sits on and attempt to use well known Continue reading

MikroTik CCR1072-1G-8S+ Review (Part 1) – hardware, specs and design use cases

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07/25/2015 – Thanks to Normunds @ MikroTik for sending over photos of the production CCR-1072-1G-8S+ which have now been included in the slideshow

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CCR-1072-1G-8S+ available soon @

http://www.roc-noc.com/mikrotik/routerboard/CCR1072-1G-8Splus.html

UPDATE 7/10/2015 – MikroTik officially lists the CCR1072

http://routerboard.com/CCR1072-1G-8Splus

NOTE: The pictures in this review are of a pre-production CCR1072. The CCR1072 that is shipping has some minor differences on the mainboard and the case. MikroTik is sending updated pictures and we will post those as soon as they come in!

StubArea51.net prepares for CCR1072 performance testing in the Flowood, MS lab

Well, the long wait is finally over. According to Tom over at www.roc-noc.com, the CCR1072 will start shipping in the next 2 weeks and we will be adding it to our development lab in Flowood, MS. We were fortunate enough to get a significant amount of time with the new flagship router down in Miami at the 2015 USA MUM thanks to MT. The arrival of the CCR1072 and 80 Gbps of throughput opens up new doors for MikroTik. The CCR1072 positions MikroTik to  break into larger markets and enables competition against industry players like Cisco and Continue reading