This afternoon, my internet connection was so unusable that I couldn’t even watch non-HD Youtube videos. I decided that before blaming Comcast again, I should at least try to make sure the problem wasn’t on my end. I started by resetting my wifi router to the defaults and reconfiguring it from scratch.
I had long suspected that (a) some neighbor had cracked my WPA password and was wasting all my bandwidth; and/or (b) that the router itself was thoroughly pwned. I am of course extremely lazy, so I let this enjoyable paranoia simmer in the back of my mind, unresolved, for months. Besides, I had forgotten the admin password, so I knew I would have to reset it to factory defaults just to get back into the administration interface. Today was that day.
more here..........http://noncombatant.org/2014/10/12/brainstorming-security-for-the-internet-of-things/
I had long suspected that (a) some neighbor had cracked my WPA password and was wasting all my bandwidth; and/or (b) that the router itself was thoroughly pwned. I am of course extremely lazy, so I let this enjoyable paranoia simmer in the back of my mind, unresolved, for months. Besides, I had forgotten the admin password, so I knew I would have to reset it to factory defaults just to get back into the administration interface. Today was that day.
more here..........http://noncombatant.org/2014/10/12/brainstorming-security-for-the-internet-of-things/