"Millions" Of Home Routers Vulnerable To Web Hack
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Thanks to Threatpost for covering this. |
Looks like all you need to do is change the default password on the router to stop this from working, assuming you have a vulnerable router.
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Keeping your router's firmware up to date would also be recommended. Additionally, there may be other preventative methods revealed in the BH talk. |
True enough, and I certainly think it's a good warning nonetheless, but the message about changing the password at least makes routine automated break-in of your network considerably more difficult. Most security, computer or otherwise, is relative.
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My linksys WRT allows the http/s admin interface to be disable on both wifi and wan side interfaces. If you do that and use wifi, the only vector left that I can think of would be the dhcp server, and disabling that and using static addresses would sort that out.
Apart from that, how about adding an iptables block rule on the system you're using to browse from to stop it establishing a connection with ports on your router. |
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