;;; probably just an ad for this organization since there is scant details in this piece and I can’t be assed to dig deeper, but here you go: =-=-=+ IDG News Service - Thirteen popular home and small office routers contain security problems that could allow a hacker to snoop or modify network traffic, according to new research. Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), a security consultancy based in Baltimore, found that all of the routers they tested could be taken over if the hacker had access credentials. The tested products came from Linksys, Belkin, Netgear, Verizon and D-Link. All of the router models evaluated ran their company’s latest firmware and were tested with their default, out-of-the-box configurations. Consumers have few options for mitigating the attacks, ISE said in its report. “Successful mitigation often requires a level of sophistication and skill beyond that of the average user,” ISE said. +=-=-= ;;; still probably not nearly as bad as the last couple of pieces I posted about routers though. this is why running stock firmware is bad! bad bad bad.
