If you haven't changed the default password on your home router, let this recent threat serve as a reminder. Attackers could change the configuration of home routers using JavaScript code, security ...

Home network users could be vulnerable to attacks from hackers who can alter the configuration of a broadband router or wireless access point. Symantec released its “Drive-By Pharming” attacks report ...

Whether you have a Wi-Fi network at home or live close to a few, you’ve seen a list pop up asking you to choose one whenever you either reboot your device or are somewhere new. If there’s a lock next ...

Well, i have a consumer grade netgear router that can route 255 addresses-not that you'd want to. But the usual subnet mask for this kind of thing is 255.255.255.0<BR><BR>What happens when you plug in ...

In a study conducted by Comparitech, a technology comparison company, researchers found that 6.4 percent of popular home Wi-Fi routers currently sold on Amazon could be hacked, allowing malicious ...

Routers appear to be as insecure as ever, after hackers successfully compromised five popular wireless models during a contest at the DefCon 22 security conference, reporting 15 new vulnerabilities to ...

Who doesn’t know the struggle? Buying an interesting piece of hardware for a song and a dance, and then finding that the device’s firmware and/or configuration file is locked down with various ...

Several DSL routers from different manufacturers contain a guessable hard-coded password that allows accessing the devices with a hidden administrator account. According to an alert issued Tuesday by ...

French internet users scared of falling victim to the country’s new controversial anti-filesharing law may have just been handed the easiest defence line ever. It’s all down to a group of hackers and ...

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There’s a wireless router gathering dust in Bob LaRocca’s office. It’s yours if you can hack into his network. First, some background. LaRocca is director of IT security with the School District of ...