[Wired] Vulnerablity Scan of the Internet - Overclock.net

DuckieHo · 4 Weeks Ago

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/200...erable-devices

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Researchers scanning the internet for vulnerable embedded devices have found nearly 21,000 routers, webcams and VoIP products open to remote attack. Their administrative interfaces are viewable from anywhere on the internet and their owners have failed to change the manufacturer’s default password.

Linksys routers had the highest percent of vulnerable devices found in the United States — 45 percent of 2,729 routers that were publicly accessible still had a default password in place. Polycom VoIP units came in second, with default passwords lingering on about 29 percent of 585 devices accessible over the internet.

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The research project, devised by Columbia University grad student Ang Cui at the university’s Intrusion Detection Systems Laboratory, involves scanning networks belonging to the largest internet service providers in North America, Europe and Asia. The lab is sponsored by the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (Darpa), the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies.

BADFASTBUSA · 4 Weeks Ago

wow

Unknownm · 4 Weeks Ago

no surprise there

Someone around my building has a unprotected Linksys router. I decided to play around with it and lets say when I connect it doesn't really work :P

YouTube - Unprotected Router: Upgrade are Failed!!

[Teh Root] · 4 Weeks Ago

scary. That data was given to the US gov too. Nice.

l0ckd0wn · 4 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Unknownm

no surprise there

Someone around my building has a unprotected Linksys router. I decided to play around with it and lets say when I connect it doesn't really work :P

YouTube - Unprotected Router: Upgrade are Failed!!

omg this is the funnist vid ive ever seen.

you download the firmware open it in notepad and change some random line you know nothing about lol

your pro man really.

guess you wont be hacking anyone soon lol

ChielScape · 4 Weeks Ago

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Linksys routers had the highest percent of vulnerable devices found in the United States — 45 percent of 2,729 routers that were publicly accessible still had a default password in place. Polycom VoIP units came in second, with default passwords lingering on about 29 percent of 585 devices accessible over the internet.

there are only 2729 linksys routers in the US? wat? define publicly accessible. internet cafes? in that case i could get it, but still, seems like a very low number even then.

hiiyah777 · 4 Weeks Ago

So is this talking about routers just accessible through the internet like from me to you? Or are these vulnerabilities talking about wireless routers that are not password-protected? I've always been curious if, for example, someone from here could attack my internet and hack my computer from your house, or it would take someone in my driveway with a laptop and some skills.

low strife · 4 Weeks Ago

That won't stop someone who really knows what they're doing and is determined to hack your computer and network.

Thedark1337 · 4 Weeks Ago

wonder if the pentagon is open?

that would make so many hackers happy to know all the government secrets

chevymeister · 4 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by l0ckd0wn

omg this is the funnist vid ive ever seen.

you download the firmware open it in notepad and change some random line you know nothing about lol

your pro man really.

guess you wont be hacking anyone soon lol

Was it your router? You seem butthurt... Very butthurt.

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