[Cialug] ISPs and patching routers

[David Champion]

dd-wrt / openwrt are one of the targets of this attack as well. If you're
not up to date, or haven't configured it correctly, you may have problems.

-dc

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Nathan C. Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com>wrote:

> Here is a related article:
>
>
> https://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193852/The_tale_of_one_thousand_and_one_DSL_modems
>
> This one makes it sound like an A-V company was having trouble determining
> how the computer was being manipulated and redirected because it was being
> done outside the computer through the DSL modem.
>
> May you live in interesting times.
>
> -Nate
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
> Behalf Of Josh More
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:53 AM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: [Cialug] ISPs and patching routers
>
> Looks like the router attack we've long known was possible is now actually
> being used.
>
> This would be a good time to move friends and family over to openwrt or
> ddwrt.  (Or an ISP that takes responsibility for security.)
>
> Details are here:
>
> http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/10/dsl-modem-hack-infects-millions-with-malware/
>
>
> -Josh
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