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Hackers infect 500,000 consumer routers all over the world with malware

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Interesting read and a heads up for those who use the listed routers:

https://arstechnica.com/information-tec ... h-malware/
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stephanieswitzer wrote: ⤴Thu May 24, 2018 2:33 pm Interesting read and a heads up for those who use the listed routers:

https://arstechnica.com/information-tec ... h-malware/
I have the first one on that list, retired and stuck in a closet. Time to trash it. There really needs to be an easy way to update routers with security patches.
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they lost me at "Hackers possibly working for an advanced nation..."
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Interesting read, I think I'm safe, my router is not even hinted at in the article and it has a custom password and no remote mgmt facilities.
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At the moment, I'm using an ISP-provided cable modem router which is not listed, but even "back in the day" none of the units I bought are listed in that article.

Moreover, on my own hardware, I've always preferred to run DD-WRT, because manufacturer firmware has never really been all that wonderful.
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