Comments on: New Zlob Trojan Alters Your Router Settings http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/06/new-zlob-trojan-alters-your-router-settings/ Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing & Computer Security Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:17:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sleepy http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/06/new-zlob-trojan-alters-your-router-settings/#comment-123470 Sleepy Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:04:05 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=872#comment-123470 @Simon While it is great that you are security conscious, I'd like to make a few comments here: First, WPA2-PSK with a long (over 21 characters) key is great, but the only security I know of for wireless with no known exploit is WPA2 (RADIUS). The "MAC address filtering" is worthless, MAC's are easily spoofed. Your (illegal) intrusion into your neighbors router and your comments about it do confuse me a bit, while there are exploits that can be run and an open router is certainly a big hole to crawl in; your comments don't really make a lot of sense. I suspect you're trying to sound as though you know more then you do. Either way, I'll be keeping my router secure, including the password, so hopefully the script kiddies will play somewhere else. @Simon
While it is great that you are security conscious, I’d like to make a few comments here:

First, WPA2-PSK with a long (over 21 characters) key is great, but the only security I know of for wireless with no known exploit is WPA2 (RADIUS). The “MAC address filtering” is worthless, MAC’s are easily spoofed.

Your (illegal) intrusion into your neighbors router and your comments about it do confuse me a bit, while there are exploits that can be run and an open router is certainly a big hole to crawl in; your comments don’t really make a lot of sense. I suspect you’re trying to sound as though you know more then you do.

Either way, I’ll be keeping my router secure, including the password, so hopefully the script kiddies will play somewhere else.

]]> By: Simon http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/06/new-zlob-trojan-alters-your-router-settings/#comment-123388 Simon Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:01:39 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=872#comment-123388 Ive always used a custom router password and login port since I bought my very first router a few years ago. I also use a very long WPA2-PSK security string and MAC address filtering on the wireless connection so I think im pretty secure. I can Ive always used a custom router password and login port since I bought my very first router a few years ago. I also use a very long WPA2-PSK security string and MAC address filtering on the wireless connection so I think im pretty secure.

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]]> By: Johnny B. http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/06/new-zlob-trojan-alters-your-router-settings/#comment-123386 Johnny B. Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:32:53 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=872#comment-123386 I really appreciate lazy people (or stupid) thanks to them I've got free internet :) Maybe this will teach them to secure their perimeter (or probably not). I really appreciate lazy people (or stupid) thanks to them I’ve got free internet :)

Maybe this will teach them to secure their perimeter (or probably not).

]]> By: Sleepy http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/06/new-zlob-trojan-alters-your-router-settings/#comment-123370 Sleepy Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:23:58 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=872#comment-123370 After reading this I immediatly went and changed my router password. You were spot on when you said that most of us should know better but still don't do it. Great article. After reading this I immediatly went and changed my router password. You were spot on when you said that most of us should know better but still don’t do it. Great article.

]]> By: Navin http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/06/new-zlob-trojan-alters-your-router-settings/#comment-123350 Navin Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:05:22 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=872#comment-123350 point noted moons.that'll perhaps work in a country like the UK. but where I come from, you consider yourself lucky if you even find a tech personnel who knows how to set up a router!! forget about changing passwords!! point noted moons.that’ll perhaps work in a country like the UK. but where I come from, you consider yourself lucky if you even find a tech personnel who knows how to set up a router!! forget about changing passwords!!

]]> By: moons http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/06/new-zlob-trojan-alters-your-router-settings/#comment-123349 moons Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:25:42 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=872#comment-123349 Ye, default settings always. Just a brief random scan of ips for the router http config page port in where I live in will show loads of results, and sad to say maybe 80% of them are still at default. Even recently a neighbour back at hometown who just moved in and got the streamxxx package had the same thing. ISPs maybe should teach their tech staff who does the setup for customers to tell the users to change those passwords. Ye, default settings always.

Just a brief random scan of ips for the router http config page port in where I live in will show loads of results, and sad to say maybe 80% of them are still at default.

Even recently a neighbour back at hometown who just moved in and got the streamxxx package had the same thing. ISPs maybe should teach their tech staff who does the setup for customers to tell the users to change those passwords.

]]> By: the BMX guy http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/06/new-zlob-trojan-alters-your-router-settings/#comment-123348 the BMX guy Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:06:09 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=872#comment-123348 default setups - always fun to see mass production work ;) default setups – always fun to see mass production work ;)

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