[BenLurkin]

Of possible interests.

[Stevenc131]

My Netgear router is 3 or so years old, so I guess it’s vulnerable. We have to get the enclosed, boxy wi-fi routers with the hidden antennas because the cat chews up the antennas if they are exposed.

[Flick Lives]

The most recent slew of attacks comes from an exploit that Akamai calls “EternalSilence” in a nod to the NSA-developed “Eternal” family of malicious code injections.

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Yet another case where a U.S. spy agency is hurting its own citizens. Between outright incompetence, such as ignoring warnings about the Boston Marathon bomber, to culpability, like the Las Vagas mass shooting, our spy agencies are a clear and present danger to the public.

[Pravious]

It’s impossible to tell if you’re infected - but the answer is to go out, spend $100 and buy a new router.

Lemme think....

Nah.

[sjm_888]

bookmark

[Afterguard]

Heh, another Windows problem eh? Don’t see any Apple products listed in the article.

[Paal Gulli]

Yet another reason that I won't own a rooter* that can't be flashed with one of the high-zoot third-party firmware alternatives, such as DD-WRT or Tomato.

My personal favorite is DD-WRT but their price of admission is pretty dear because their user forum is famously caustic (but they seem to be getting less belligerent), which can make getting your foot in the door exasperating.

* "router" as pronounced by the typical Bangalorean tech support agent.

[texas booster]

UPnp was an attempt by M$ to make networking easier. Which it did. For the bad guys.

For your computer, go here:

https://www.grc.com/unpnp/unpnp.htm

Download and run the tiny program and secure your computer.

Securing the router is a bit harder but the theory is the same.

Here is another link to test UPnP on your network:

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

For the old timers here, this is all Steve Gibson stuff, maker of SpinRite.

And it is all free.

[House Atreides]

Fyi

[TomGuy]

Gibson Research Corporation

I used to use GRC’s ShieldsUp! ports scanner.

GRC has a UPnP Exposure Test link on their home page. Arrow down to the second yellow-background box.

https://www.grc.com/default.htm

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The scan indicated that my UPnP was not exposed.

I bought my cable/modem router last year and did not make any adjustments. Netgear AC1750, Model C6300.

[thinden]

bbb

[usconservative]

Again? Didn’t this happen some months ago?

[dfwgator]

The Internet of Things is a stupid idea that’s going to blow up in our face one day.

[farming pharmer]

Bkmk

[zeugma]

I’m a fan of DD-WRT router firmware. Matter of fact, several years ago I bought a buffalo router because it came stock with the DD-WRT firmware image. Unfortunately, it has been somewhat problematic for me in that there doesn’t seem to be any firmware updates for it pretty much since I set it up.

Is there anyone in freeperland who can recommend a good 5/2.4 router that is compatible with DD-WRT that I can actually keep current on security updates?

[Bob434]

i have an Arris- and that wasn’t listed- wonder if they tested all models, or not?

[martin_fierro]

Bfl

[zeugma]

Thanks for posting this. It got me off my ass and made me do a firmware upgrade of my router. Loading firmware on a router is always scary, because there is always a possibility you end up with a brick, but it worked fine, and the new firmware has lots of new features, which I'm going to have to talk about with one of the network gurus that I work with about. Last time I looked, which was some time ago, there wasn't an upgrade available. Now there is. Also took the opportunity to tighten up security a bit.