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For the first time, DNS redirection attacks against small office and home office (SOHO) routers are being delivered via exploit kits. French security researcher Kafeine said an offshoot of the Sweet Orange kit has been finding success in driving traffic from compromised routers to the attackers' infrastructure.The risk to users is substantial he said, ranging from financial loss, to click-fraud, man-in-the-middle attacks and phishing.
Perhaps it's time to demand OpenWrt compatibility? It's without backdoors by design, with continuous bug fixes, IPv6 support and unrestrained configuration capability. Embedded boxes seems to have a poor track record on bugs, transparency and robustness.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Gravis on Wednesday May 27 2015, @01:49PM
the way i demand openwrt compatibility is by only buying compatible routers. seriously, do this and darwinism will do the rest.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by WizardFusion on Wednesday May 27 2015, @01:53PM
The problem with this is that most home users are using the router that was delivered to them when they first signed up to "The Internet"
It's never updated, it's never replaced. Ask any joe-sixpack home user what "firmware" is and they will look at you with a blank stare.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 27 2015, @02:08PM
"...darwinism will do the rest."
QED
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday May 27 2015, @02:17PM
When in the land of ignorant minds, Darwin may be your best friend ;-)
(Score: 2) by Kromagv0 on Wednesday May 27 2015, @02:40PM
This is why family members ask me for wireless routers for Christmas. Usually it is because they are having problems with the crap one they got from their ISP. I get a reasonable one un-box it, test it, install OpenWRT, and configure it so all they have to do is take it home and put it in place of their old one.
T-Shirts and bumper stickers [zazzle.com] to offend someone
(Score: 2) by Gravis on Wednesday May 27 2015, @10:23PM
The problem with this is that most home users are using the router that was delivered to them when they first signed up to "The Internet"
It's never updated, it's never replaced. Ask any joe-sixpack home user what "firmware" is and they will look at you with a blank stare.
you can't save every moron from swallowing their own tongue, darwinism has to come into play sometime.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 27 2015, @02:33PM
the way i demand openwrt compatibility is by only buying compatible routers. seriously, do this and darwinism will do the rest.
Such bullshit rationalizing passivity.
The informed few don't change anything by silently voting for change in the face of an apathetic majority.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
(Score: 2) by Gravis on Thursday May 28 2015, @12:43AM
the way i demand openwrt compatibility is by only buying compatible routers. seriously, do this and darwinism will do the rest.
Such bullshit rationalizing passivity.
The informed few don't change anything by silently voting for change in the face of an apathetic majority.
the apathetic majority wont load openwrt even if it is compatible. they have to care before it makes a difference.