home routers

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2015
Turris Omnia Security Project protects home network users

The non-profit security research Turris Omnia project originating from the Czech Republic focuses on safety of SoHo users. The non-profit security research project originating from the Czech Republic, which focuses on safety of SoHo users, has recently entered a new phase. This project, whose users include such celebrities as Vint Cerf and Steve Crocker, is the work […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2015
POODLE flaw still affects hundred thousand Australian home routers

Security experts revealed that more than 100,000 home routers belonging to Australian households are still vulnerable to the PODDLE vulnerability. Once again, home routers are exposed to the risk of cyber attacks. This time the news is related to the Australian consumer broadband modems that resulted affected by the Poodle and Freak vulnerabilities. Many Australian households […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2015
ADB Pirelli Home routers in Spain and Argentina affected by critical flaws

The Spanish security researcher Eduardo Novella has disclosed details of two critical vulnerabilities affecting a specific ADB Pirelli home wireless router. The security researcher at Dutch security audit firm Fox-IT, Eduardo Novella, has discovered two critical vulnerabilities affecting a model of ADB Pirelli home wireless router. Novella decided to publicly disclose the vulnerabilities because the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2014
SOHO pharming attack hit more that 300,000 devices worldwide

Researchers at Team Cymru published a detailed report on a large scale SOHO pharming attack that hit more that 300,000 devices worldwide. Another mass compromise of small office/home office (SOHO) wireless routers has been uncovered by researchers from security firm Team Cymru. The hackers adopted different techniques to exploit the numerous flaws discovered in the last months […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2014
CERT POLSKA detected large-scale DNS hacking on home routers

Attackers changed the DNS configuration of vulnerable home routers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks on a large scale against Polish online banking users. The Polish Computer Emergency Response Team has documented a series of cyber attacks observed in Poland involved cybercriminals hacking into home routers and changing their DNS settings so they can conduct MITM attacks on […]