Showing posts with label router. Show all posts
Showing posts with label router. Show all posts

Friday, May 5, 2023

So much for incognito mode

found on ImgFlip

Best make sure you've got a strong password on your router. I'm sure there's all sorts of things in the logs you wouldn't want people to find

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Too many attack surfaces, not enough hours

from here and here

The idea that you can be secure if you just keep everything up to date ignores how many things need to be kept up to date and how much more difficult it is for some things than others. So when people go around installing malware on routers there's a pretty good chance there won't be anything standing in their way most of the time.

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Why do so many devices need babysitters?

from here and here

It's bad enough expecting people to update their ever increasing list of devices, but now you have to actively monitor them too? I don't know about you but I've already got a full time job, I don't need another, especially if it's unpaid. I understand that routers are targets, but there's got to be a better way to mitigate the threat than expecting home users to be vigilant about a device they normally don't even interact with.

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Single Point Of Faceb^H^H^H^H^H Failure

from here

I think it's safe to say that when even the doors are affected by your networking mishap, it's time to rethink having everything go through the same servers.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Bad guys hate this one weird trick

from here and here

Thanks to Chinese attackers targeting France, today I learned that most router malware can't survive a reboot - and now you learned it too.