Security: Home Router Brute Force Attacks
Security: Home Router Brute Force Attacks
Read about what's happening with home routers. These attacks are base to all your connections.
Check your router now: https://goo.gl/eES8bF
If you are vulnerable, we recommend that you:
Immediately reboot your home router. This may flush any malware from your home router.
Upgrade your router firmware if you can to the newest version. Close port 7547 in your router config if you are able to. (Many routers don’t allow this)
If you can’t upgrade your own firmware, immediately call your ISP and let them know you have a serious security vulnerability in your home router and you need help fixing it. You can point them to this blog post (the page you are on) and this CheckPoint website for more information. Let them know that your router has a vulnerability on port 7547 in “Allegro RomPager” that can allow an attacker to access your home network and launch attacks from your router on others.
Run a virus scan on all your home workstations.
Update all home workstations and devices to the newest versions of operating system and applications or apps.
Update any firmware on home devices where needed.
If you are not vulnerable, but port 7547 is open on your router, we recommend that you:
Reboot your home router immediately. You may suffer from other port 7547 vulnerabilities.
Upgrade your router firmware if you can.
Close port 7547 on your router if you can. (Many routers don’t allow this)
Contact your ISP and let them know that port 7547 on your home router is accessible from the public internet. Let them know that port 7547 is used by your ISP to manage the router. It should not be publicly available. Suggest that they filter access to that port to prevent anyone on the public internet accessing it.
How you can help
According to Shodan, a popular network analysis tool, over 41 million home routers world-wide have port 7547 open to the public internet. We are trying to get the word out to home users and ISPs to block this port and patch any vulnerable routers. This will help reduce attacks on the websites we protect and, far more importantly, it will help secure over 41 million home networks.
https://wptavern.com/hacked-home-routers-are-launching-brute-force-attacks-on-wordpress-sites
Read about what's happening with home routers. These attacks are base to all your connections.
Check your router now: https://goo.gl/eES8bF
If you are vulnerable, we recommend that you:
Immediately reboot your home router. This may flush any malware from your home router.
Upgrade your router firmware if you can to the newest version. Close port 7547 in your router config if you are able to. (Many routers don’t allow this)
If you can’t upgrade your own firmware, immediately call your ISP and let them know you have a serious security vulnerability in your home router and you need help fixing it. You can point them to this blog post (the page you are on) and this CheckPoint website for more information. Let them know that your router has a vulnerability on port 7547 in “Allegro RomPager” that can allow an attacker to access your home network and launch attacks from your router on others.
Run a virus scan on all your home workstations.
Update all home workstations and devices to the newest versions of operating system and applications or apps.
Update any firmware on home devices where needed.
If you are not vulnerable, but port 7547 is open on your router, we recommend that you:
Reboot your home router immediately. You may suffer from other port 7547 vulnerabilities.
Upgrade your router firmware if you can.
Close port 7547 on your router if you can. (Many routers don’t allow this)
Contact your ISP and let them know that port 7547 on your home router is accessible from the public internet. Let them know that port 7547 is used by your ISP to manage the router. It should not be publicly available. Suggest that they filter access to that port to prevent anyone on the public internet accessing it.
How you can help
According to Shodan, a popular network analysis tool, over 41 million home routers world-wide have port 7547 open to the public internet. We are trying to get the word out to home users and ISPs to block this port and patch any vulnerable routers. This will help reduce attacks on the websites we protect and, far more importantly, it will help secure over 41 million home networks.
https://wptavern.com/hacked-home-routers-are-launching-brute-force-attacks-on-wordpress-sites
I'm safe. Thanks Zara Altair
ReplyDeleteLon McClure I am, too. So glad this check is available.
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