Hackers hijack routers
Source: News.com
HACKERS are hijacking routers to create vast networks that could unleash devastating denial-of-service attacks, the Cyber Emergency Response Team has warned.
Poorly configured systems, insecure administrative practices or software vulnerabilities allow "even an apprentice hacker" to co-opt a router and use it in an attack, it says.
CERT reports that intruders are increasingly compromising routers - the devices that manage data flow between networks and the internet.
"A hijacked router can be used as a platform for scanning other networks or to flood other hosts on the internet," CERT says.
