Cisco Investigates Reported Linksys Router Flaw

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 04:30 AM

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 12:43 PM

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#3 Gnostradamus

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Posted 17 January 2013 - 03:10 AM

Companies should be held accountable when they do not respond to security flaws that are pointed out to them. This is unacceptable.

And no, the "free market" doesn't enforce this; otherwise we wouldn't see so many negligent firms.

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Posted 17 January 2013 - 07:03 AM

The WRT54GL is an old Linksys model that is sold so people can install Linux on it. No one would use it with the stock software which hasn't been updated in years.

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Posted 18 January 2013 - 12:20 AM

I bought this wireless router in 2004 or 2005. Still using it to. Password protected to hell and back.

My questions,,
HOW does the attacker take over the router?
And what about the PCs or laptops in the home network?
(3 WinXP, 1 Win7) How or can they be affected?
How does this affect my home network?
Or is this just a "take control of the internet service" on it?

I need to know what to do or not do with it. Article is a little vague

I have never done any firmware updates on it. lol /bad girl
Bad news is, I cant afford to replace it right now. Extra money buys food, not tech stuff

Cisco needs to MAN UP and protect its customers! Been a crap company since they bought it.

Thanks for any info in advance and PCW please keep us updated.

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Posted 18 January 2013 - 04:18 PM

U know I have used this Router for a very long time and something told me to purchase a newer one which I did early last year. Lazy me I did not install the new one but latter in the year I began seeing strange things on my computer and I wonder if I had been hacked. Anything is possible and I am not saying that I was but Cisco needs to step up and fix things. We trusted Linksys now we want to continue to trust Cisco.

#7 anthonydagostino

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Posted 18 January 2013 - 08:27 PM

People are in a panic over this, why? If you are using default settings, then you are at fault in the first place. Maybe this is a problem that allows the attacker to bypass the setting that you should block, making access to the router only possible when you have a patch cable connected. If that is the case, then you should not be broadcasting your network, so people can't see it.

These settings are so simple, a child could do it, and if you are not capable of setting the router up, to protect your computers, or network, then you should not be running a network at all.

These routers are very old, and as other have pointed out, they are mostly being used to repeat new wireless network, using a third party software. I have two of these, the are fantastic dust collectors in my storage area.