Issues with older Routers

[coxhaus]

I thought this was interesting. Maybe vendors will publish how long they intend to support their routers.

Millions of older broadband routers have these security flaws, warn researchers | ZDNet

 

[ColinTaylor]

The usual superficial "report" from Which?

Millions of people in the UK at risk of using insecure routers - Which? News

Weak passwords, a lack of updates and network vulnerabilities mean some home routers could be putting users at risk

www.which.co.uk

 

[ddaenen1]

I thought this was interesting. Maybe vendors will publish how long they intend to support their routers.

Millions of older broadband routers have these security flaws, warn researchers | ZDNet

Yes, and hackers are really dying to hack into an average household

 

[Tech9]

I believe most of those Huawei ADSL modems are ISP locked. The users don't have access password and most have no idea what firmware is in general. The firmware is ISP trimmed down version with 10 basic options. What the "hacker" is going to do there? A joke resetting it to factory default perhaps? I don't find reports of mass hacked ISP modem/routers, so the protection is obviously good enough.

 

[stef1949]

I believe most of those Huawei ADSL modems are ISP locked. The users don't have access password and most have no idea what firmware is in general. The firmware is ISP trimmed down version with 10 basic options. What the "hacker" is going to do there? A joke resetting it to factory default perhaps? I don't find reports of mass hacked ISP modem/routers, so the protection is obviously good enough.

That's so funny imagine if a hacker reset your router, I'd be vexxed