Thousands of TalkTalk and Post Office customers have had their internet access cut by an attack targeting certain types of internet routers. A spokeswoman for the Post Office told the…
Tag: routers
Sophisticated hackers 'aim to put net out of action'
Unidentified hackers are carrying out a campaign to find out how to take down the net, warns a security expert. In a blogpost, security guru Bruce Schneier said “precisely calibrated”…
Router maker finds 'unauthorised' code
Juniper Networks has issued a warning after discovering “unauthorised code” in its firewall software. Analysis of the rogue code shows that it can decrypt scrambled data being sent through virtual…
SYNful Knock is no Stuxnet, says researcher
Yet another set of shivers is running up spines at Cisco, with a researcher from Grid32 claiming that “rooting” the company’s IOS firmware isn’t as hard as people think. Richard…
Boffin's easy remote hijack hack pops scores of router locks
Singaporean telco’s customer premises equipment is a gateway to security hell. Darren Pauli: Thousands of routers mandated for use by a major Singaporean telco and operated by ‘top enterprises” around…
Home routers 'vaccinated' by benign virus
Wifatch was first discovered in late 2014 and since then has been steadily scouring the web for routers and other smart devices running vulnerable software. A benevolent virus has been…