Have a Linksys router? Now's a good time to update that firmware Owners and administrators of Linksys home routers are being advised to update and secure their devices following reports of active attacks on a flaw present in at least two models. Researchers with the SANS Institutes Internet Storm Center have received reports of mass attacks on a remote access vulnerability in the Linksys …
Unfortunately, many articles like this – both on The Register and elsewhere – fail to be clear enough about the threat for people to understand whether they are at risk. In this case, the reader is recommended to disable or limit WAN-side management of the device, something that is not only common sense, but also typically the default. Given the mention of it, then, one goes on to ask "Does prohibiting management from the WAN side prevent this attack?". Because it either does or it doesn't; this should be black and white — but the reader is left confused.
The Register 
Biting the hand that feeds IT
Copyright. All rights reserved © 1998–2024
