We all know that router security is closely tied to IoT (Internet of Things) because it’s so important to keep the bad guys away from all of the connected devices in your home. But how many devices is that really going to be? An interesting article estimates that by 2017, the number of connected devices […]
The news out of Brazil is not good. An attack that was recently launched against the major ISPs in the country has resulted in 4.5 million DSL modem / routers hacked. This has left a large portion of the Brazilian population with unreliable internet service. The attack came about because of a vulnerability in the […]
Cisco Connect Cloud is a service offered by Cisco for some of their Linksys routers. It gives you the ability to manage your Linksys router through the Cisco website by means of “The Cloud”. Everything needs to mention “The Cloud” these days for marketing purposes, but it’s really unclear what advantages such a system has. […]
Let’s say that you have a gripe against the police department in your area. A gripe so big that you feel the need to threaten violence against the whole department. What do you do? Well, if you’re a teenage kid in Evansville, Indiana you might consider posting a threat on a public computer forum for […]
Is running an open WiFi network and allowing anyone to connect to it anonymously really that big of a problem? After all, it’s a very neighborly thing to do, share your connection with others who might need it. But of course, there’s the danger that someone will do illegal things (e.g. traffic in child pornography, […]
WiFi Protected Setup or WPS is a protocol created by the WiFi Alliance in 2006 to make setting up a secure WiFi connection as simple as possible. It’s used as an alternative to creating a pre-shared key for WPA or WPA2 security on a router. WPS was created to be easy to use, and is […]
On November 9, 2011, as part of “Operation Ghost Click” (a collaborative investigation into the operation), the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced charges against six Estonian nationals and one Russian national connected to DNSChanger and Rove Digital for wire fraud, computer intrusion, and conspiracy. Arrests were made by Estonian […]
We’re always very wary of hackers redirecting our DNS searches to servers that they control. DNS is a critically important part of the internet process, and by having others muck around in it and use it to their advantage, we’re all being put at risk. There’s a very clear definition for how DNS should work, […]
Child pornography is very bad. It’s illegal, immoral, and it preys on the most vulnerable in our society. People who engage in it get no sympathy at all when they’re caught. What’s worse than child pornography? Maybe being accused of trafficking in it when you’re completely innocent. It’s hard to think about it but it’s […]
Interesting article from a few years back about vulnerabilities with the BT Home Hub. Testing showed that it contains several very serious vulnerabilities. Don’t want to read the article? No problem, just watch the video.