Worm Targets Home Networking Equipment
As reported yesterday in The Register, the “psyb0t” worm targets home routers and modems and may be the first piece of malware to do so. Researchers from DroneBL, a real-time tracker of abusable IPs,...
View ArticleGood PC Security Begins With a Baseline
I received some good feedback on my “14 Golden Rules of Computer Security” list, in particular, this comment from Michael: “…you encourage people to go through all the effort of running Virtual...
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Golden Rule #2: How Not to Invite Attackers into Your PCs or Network – the...
Golden Rule #1 gives what I consider to be the most basic security maxim, one on which I base all of my security practices, so let me repeat: The best security measures are completely useless if you...
View ArticleGolden Rule #3: Omit This Setup Step and Your Router Can Be Easily Compromised
Golden Rule #2 stressed having a NAT router–or router/firewall–between your PC and the Internet as a first line of defense. This is without question the first, most important security step, but it can...
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Should You Be Held Liable for Illegal Activity on Your Unsecured WiFi?
There’s currently no law in the U.S. that holds the owner of an unsecured access point liable for illegal activity on it. In Germany, however, people are now subject to a fine of 100 Euros ($130 US) if...
View ArticleThe Router Attack is Back in the News – Ho-Hum
Subtitle: “How to Hack Millions of Routers” This really isn’t anything new, it’s just back in the news again. According to this article on Forbes.com: Craig Heffner, a researcher with Maryland-based...
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Why DNS Rebinding Is in the News Again
Linksys Router As old as this issue is, you’d think it would be solved by now; in fact, everyone thought it was. Many browsers and plug-ins protect against it. But it showed up in a different form that...
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What’s Your System’s Survival Time?
Since Microsoft began to ship versions of Windows with its firewall enabled by default (Windows XP Service Pack 2, August 25, 2004), there hasn’t been much attention put on system survival time....
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Router reboot can open your system to hackers
Hmm.... For years, I have given advice to everyone that the first line of security for your home PCs is a NAT router between your home network and the Internet. While that is still true, there is one...
View ArticleCould you pass this LAN Engineer test?
Back in July, 2009, when I found myself looking for a new gig, one of the firms I contacted gave me written test as part of their recruiting and interview process. Part of that test included a hacking...
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