Posted by: thetechieguy | May 9, 2008

Telkom modems hacked wirelessly

This is really worrying…

At the ITWeb Security Summit 2008, in Midrand, Covotsos demonstrated the Telkom ADSL router’s vulnerabilities.

“ADSL in SA comes with wireless as a feature and this leaves them open to exploitation,” he said. “Everyone that leaves their modems with a ‘default’ WPA passkey, which is by default the MAC address, is open to attack.”

“Covotsos showed delegates how easily the Telkom modems could be hacked, and said: “It is so simple, that getting them assessed isn’t even considered.”

Read this for more information…

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If users would only learn how to read their “user” manual they wouldn’t have so many issues.

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