Industry IT Water-Cooler for Power-Users: New Router Vulnerability By Wes Peterson 7/14/2010   Take Away: If you use in Internet Router (sometimes also called a Gateway), you may face a new threat.  Tags: Router , Security , , IT Water-Cooler for Power-Users

Forbes.com today announced some disturbing news: There is a hack that can be used to compromise your router. The hacking technique has been known for several years, but a new variation on it puts many, many routers at risk.

Not sure if you use a router? If you have a network, and if it allows multiple users to access the Internet, you most definitely have a router somewhere on your network.

I highly recommend you read the Forbes article, here:
http://blogs.forbes.com/firewall/2010/07/13/millions-of-home-routers-vulnerable-to-web-hack/

The greatest risk is to users that have not completed configuration of their router. Most routers ship with a default administrative account and password. Unfortunately, those credentials are widely known.

At the very least, you should change the factory default password.

As with all passwords, it should be:

• Strong (consult your router's documentation to determine how long a password can be, what characters are acceptable).
• Changed periodically
• Not written down!

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Article:

Wireless Router & Security: A Step-By-Step Guide

KB Post Contributed By Prestwood staff member Wes Peterson:

Wes► Email Approved! E CA USA Wes Peterson is a Senior Programmer Analyst with Prestwood IT Solutions where he develops custom Windows software and custom websites. When Wes is not coding for clients, he participates in this online community. Prior to his 10-year love-affair with Delphi, he worked with several other tools and databases. Currently he specializes in VS.Net using C# and VB.Net. To Wes, the .NET revolution is as exciting as the birth of Delphi.

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