CES020
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Forgive me if I don't get all the details right, but hopefully this will help make someone's network safe. There's a major, and I do mean major network security issue out there right now. It allows people to get into your network and get to all your files and control computers. It's not a virus, it's a hole in the security that allows them in, so you don't have to click on anything wrong to make this happen.
Apparently there was a file posted in a library of Intel's, used as an example, that many, many developers used "as is". It had no checks in it, it was merely an example. However, developers used the code and it happens to be installed in a very large number of computer ROUTERS. This allows people to get right into your network and all that's there.
It's said that it's not being reported because it's too complex for people to understand on your normal newscast.
It involves a snippet of code called upnp (Universal Plug and Play). The problem is most routers, from the factory have upnp turned ON, which allows this to be a security issue.
You should immediately log into your router and make sure it's turned off.
Also, here's a page that will check to see if your network has the hole in it. You
http://www.grc.com/default.htm
You want to run the "Shields Up" program to test it.
Follow this area of that page :
Apparently there was a file posted in a library of Intel's, used as an example, that many, many developers used "as is". It had no checks in it, it was merely an example. However, developers used the code and it happens to be installed in a very large number of computer ROUTERS. This allows people to get right into your network and all that's there.
It's said that it's not being reported because it's too complex for people to understand on your normal newscast.
It involves a snippet of code called upnp (Universal Plug and Play). The problem is most routers, from the factory have upnp turned ON, which allows this to be a security issue.
You should immediately log into your router and make sure it's turned off.
Also, here's a page that will check to see if your network has the hole in it. You
http://www.grc.com/default.htm
You want to run the "Shields Up" program to test it.
Follow this area of that page :
