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Are routers hackable?

Started by printerandink , Mar 09 2012 12:33 AM

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#16 Didier Stevens

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Posted 20 March 2012 - 04:52 AM

It cannot be,until and unless you reveal your password and not using weak password.

Sorry, but that is not the only way a router can be compromised.
Vulnerabilities can also be exploited to gain unauthenticated access to a router, here is an example for a Linksys device:
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16149/

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#17 ranget

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Posted 20 March 2012 - 05:32 AM

Great that i saw this topic this thing happened in the past with my routers opened topics in two diffrent forum
even i went to the Manufacturer Repair service with no use

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r26630578-Choosing-a-Router

anyway i think the one who hacked my router in the past is looking to know how did i fixed my routers
idk the problem went away by it self :wacko:

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#18 printerandink

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Posted 21 March 2012 - 03:08 PM

someone else's pc, which has been VERY compromised in the past

Do you mean it was infected when it was on the same network as your router, or was it clean when it was on the network?
And was your router the gateway for this infected PC?

I think it was clean by the time I used the router with it. But it was so infected that I am not sure it is truly clean.

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#19 Didier Stevens

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Posted 22 March 2012 - 04:50 AM

OK, since you have no indication that your router is hacked, if you want you can just check the settings of your router, particularly the DNS servers it is using and if any new users were added.

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#20 Alvas Rawuther

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Posted 22 March 2012 - 05:22 AM

Everything is hackable. You just need the determination.

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#21 Didier Stevens

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Posted 22 March 2012 - 12:36 PM

Everything is hackable. You just need the determination.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad

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#22 ranget

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Posted 24 March 2012 - 12:51 PM

so to sum things up correct me if i'm wrong

Router can be hacked if a Computer on the Network or some one hacked the Wifi and was able to gain acces to the
Root of the Router

the simple thing that can Protect the Router is Firmware Protection By a Jumper or a Switch
or just to make another un changeable Firmware chip that can be used to clean the Bad chip
Simple and IDK why it's not implemented that the same for every Firm ware out there

BTW this way was implemented Long time ago PII generation

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#23 Didier Stevens

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 05:55 AM

Routers can be compromised by changing the configuration and/or changing the firmware. A hardware switch protecting the firmware will not protect you from changes to the config (like being pointed to a malicious DNS server).

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#24 printerandink

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 10:29 PM

I really could not find out much about the DNS functions of my router. :/

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#25 Didier Stevens

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Posted 27 March 2012 - 04:01 AM

You can check if your Windows machine is using your router as a DNS server as follows:
go to the command line (cmd.exe) and issue command: ipconfig /all

If the entries for Default Gateway and DNS Servers are the same, you are using your router as a DNS server.

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#26 ranget

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 05:08 PM

Routers can be compromised by changing the configuration and/or changing the firmware. A hardware switch protecting the firmware will not protect you from changes to the config (like being pointed to a malicious DNS server).

but at least you Can get back to a Clean Version if you detected that Hack not go throw your Router away

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