#router hacking

Hacking Ubiquiti AirOS with Metasploit

Good Morning friends. AirOS is the firmware maintained by Ubiquiti Networks for its airMAX products which include routers and switches. This firmware is Linux based. This module exploits a file upload vulnerability existing in the firmware to install a new root user to /etc/passwd and an SSH key to /etc/dropbear/authorized_keys. So let’s see hacking Ubiquiti AirOS. Start Metasploit and load the…

Critical Netgear Router Exploit allows anyone to Hack You Remotely

Yes, NETGEAR Routers have once again become a victim of DNS Monitoring, potentially affecting 5000 Devices. This week, we reported about a Vigilante Hacker, who protected users by installing malware on their Wi-Fi routers, forcing them to use a secure password. Now within few days, a security researcher has discovered a serious vulnerability in Netgear routers that has been publicly exploited by…

Popular Belkin Wi-Fi Routers vulnerable to Hackers

US-CERT has outlined about Wireless routers developed by Belkin supposedly containing several vulnerabilities. CERT in their Vulnerability Note VU#201168 (Vulnerability ID) said, that Belkin’s N600 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ Router, model F9K1102 v2 with firmware version 2.10.17 and very likely earlier versions are packed with multiple and critical vulnerabilities. The targeted router is the…