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> Home routers under attack...
AplusWebMaster
post Feb 16 2007, 05:45 AM
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February 15, 2007 ~ "If you haven't changed the default password on your home router, do so now. That's what researchers at Symantec and Indiana University are saying, after publishing the results of tests that show how attackers could take over your home router using malicious JavaScript code... Once the router has been compromised, victims can be redirected to fraudulent Web sites, the researchers say. So instead of downloading legitimate Microsoft software updates, for example, they could be tricked into downloading malware. Instead of online banking, they could be giving up sensitive information to phishers..."

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- AplusWebMaster   Home routers under attack...   Feb 16 2007, 05:45 AM
- - AplusWebMaster   More on this... - http://news.com.com/2102-7349_3...   Feb 17 2007, 04:46 AM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... - http://www.us-cert.gov/current/archive/2...   Feb 17 2007, 02:10 PM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... - http://preview.tinyurl.com/2pw3qg Februa...   Feb 21 2007, 05:44 AM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... Default Passwords: A Hacker's Dream - ...   Oct 2 2007, 05:01 PM
- - AplusWebMaster   Ongoing focus... Home routers 'vulnerable to ...   Jan 15 2008, 07:57 AM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... Drive-by Pharming in the Wild - http://pre...   Jan 22 2008, 11:06 AM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... Defending your router, and your identity, ...   Mar 9 2008, 08:09 AM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... Example: http://ca.com/us/securityadvisor/...   Mar 17 2008, 04:25 AM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... Linksys WRT54G Security Bypass vuln - upda...   Mar 21 2008, 10:07 AM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... D-Link router based worm? - http://isc.san...   Mar 21 2008, 01:31 PM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... - http://www.techworld.com/security/news/i...   Apr 8 2008, 05:55 AM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... - http://preview.tinyurl.com/6yslx8 April ...   Apr 9 2008, 04:38 AM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... 4.10.2008 - http://www.symantec.com/busine...   Apr 10 2008, 12:13 PM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... Home Wireless AP Hardening in 5 Steps - ht...   Apr 11 2008, 02:53 PM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... - http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityf...   Jun 11 2008, 11:43 PM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... - http://blog.trendmicro.com/zlob-enters-t...   Aug 7 2008, 01:19 PM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... - http://www.viruslist.com/en/analysis?pub...   Sep 5 2008, 08:02 AM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... - http://preview.tinyurl.com/5cg8nh Septem...   Sep 17 2008, 05:23 AM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... - http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securit...   Sep 28 2008, 11:13 AM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... How to Protect Your Wi-Fi Network from the...   Dec 5 2008, 10:20 AM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... Router-based botnet... - http://isc.sans....   Mar 24 2009, 06:06 AM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... DD-WRT vuln... - http://isc.sans.org/diary...   Jul 22 2009, 06:20 PM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... SMC router vuln - unpatched - http://www.w...   Oct 23 2009, 05:06 AM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... 2wire Gateway router/modem - update availa...   Nov 23 2009, 01:37 PM
- - AplusWebMaster   FYI... DSL modem-router botnet... - http://blog.t...   Mar 2 2010, 07:05 AM

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