Ever wonder why vulnerabilities in router firmware are shared by so many models and firmware versions? Well the answer is simple – code reuse. Different vendors may be making different hardware, but much of the software that underlies the operation of the device isn’t. Software has always been the red-headed stepchild of device manufacturing, and […]
Okay, quick quiz: Let’s say that you’ve disabled Remote Administration on your router. How can an attacker gain access to the router’s administrator interface from across the internet to try to guess the password and break in? Answer: Trick question! There’s no way to you can see the administrator interface from the internet side of […]
That’s right. Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris is the name of a botnet that was recently discovered by Czech researchers. Why “Chuck Norris”. Well, it comes from a comment that was written in Italian in the botnet’s source code: “in nome di Chuck Norris,” which means “in the name of Chuck Norris.” Okay, but WHY Check […]
A new vulnerability has been found that allows hackers to view and control administrator settings on D-Link routers. The vulnerability appears to be from a bug made in the implementation of HNAP support for the device which allows an attacker to bypass all of the security on the device and have full administrator privileges. You […]