
“A hacker has uncovered a backdoor to combination wireless router/DSL modems that could allow an attacker to reset a machine’s configuration and gain access to the administrative control panel. The attack, confirmed to work on several Linksys and Netgear devices, exploits an open port accessible over the wireless local network. Confirmations that the backdoor works with other models of Linksys and Netgear wireless DSL modems came flooding in. A commenter on Hacker News noted that the backdoor might affect wireless routers with DSL modems from SerComm, which manufactured many of Linksys’ older DSL modems.”
http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/01/backdoor-gives-attackers-admin-access-to-dsl-modemsrouters/
Related posts:
Social Security and Medicare: Twin Disasters Loved by All Age Groups
John Hussman: The Coming Fed-Induced Pension Bust
Kentucky man sent to prison for altering racist comments on website
Gold Year-Over-Year Price Change At An Extreme Low
Ted Cruz: Obama shouldn’t use U.S. military as ‘Al-Qaeda’s air force’
IRS deliberately targeted innocents for civil forfeiture program
Expedia - Vacation Deprivation Key Statistics
Defensive Interposition against Police Aggression
House Votes to Kill Fourth Amendment
Dec. 20, 1983: Rumsfeld shakes hands with Saddam Hussein
Martial Law in Boston Did Not Catch the Suspect
Independent journalist Ben Swann now accepts Bitcoin for episode funding
How a Dog Named Brutus Was Used to Steal $36,000
eBay Now Allows Virtual Currency Sales
Jeffrey Tucker: The Shoemaker and His Capitalist Elves