The recent vulnerability that’s been found in several Netgear routers is receiving a lot of attention due to its severity. Many leading computer security experts say that the problem is so bad that if you have one, you should turn the device off and remove it from your network. But how do you tell whether your router […]
Today is Safer Internet Day, so it’s a good time to think about how we can all be safer while online. When talking about online safety, we typically think of being more secure and having our privacy maintained and respected. We have always been concerned by the design of Android’s Permissions system and its limitations. Unfortunately, the original Permissions design […]
Today, February 9, is Safer Internet Day. Part of keeping your router secure is good password management. Check out our guest blog post on the Sticky Password blog about how securing your router keeps the entire internet safer.
Jennifer Valentino-Devries at The Wall Street Journal just published a great article that details the current state we’re in when it comes to consumer routers. As can be expected, that state is not so positive. The article lists some of the worst router vulnerabilities and hacks from the past few years including: Misfortune Cookie Spam-sending […]
In conjunction with the National Cyber Security Alliance, RouterCheck is proud to be a Champion for Data Privacy Day 2016. Data Privacy Day (DPD) is an international effort held annually on January 28 to create awareness about the importance of privacy and protecting personal information. As a DPD Champion, RouterCheck recognizes and supports the principle that […]
If you’ve been following this website and blog you’ll know that it’s filled with information about vulnerabilities and other security problems in home routers. But how did we ever get ourselves into this position? It certainly doesn’t need to be this way. Why is home networking equipment so problematic? Instead of answering the question we’ll just […]
Vint Cerf, co-inventor of the Internet, joined 260 other experts in response to a proposed plan by the American Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that will affect the security of home routers for years to come. The proposal, ET Docket No. 15170, would effectively try to limit what a Wi-Fi device could and could not do as […]
The media has been reporting on the spread of the “Benevolent Malware” called Wifatch that is said to be infecting over 10,000 home routers worldwide. Wifatch was discovered by security researchers at Symantec and “attacks” home routers it finds that are running the telnet protocol in an unsecured way. Wifatch then installs itself into that […]
Sericon Technology’s popular RouterCheck application now enables home users to determine whether their home network has been compromised by the newly discovered Wifatch virus. Wifatch was disclosed several days ago by the cybersecurity company Symantec and it is believed to be infecting over 10,000 consumer routers worldwide. Home owners who are concerned about this virus […]
Yesterday, cybersecurity firm Symantec reported on a new piece of malware called Linux.Wifatch that attacks Linux-based home routers. And by “attack” we mean that it patches security holes that it finds to make the routers safer. Hey, wait…. That’s right, this router malware does not modify the user’s DNS settings nor does it launch a distributed […]