[Cryptography] Anyone else seeing an uptick in infected IoT devices? New botnet?

Jerry Leichter leichter at lrw.com
Thu Dec 8 08:49:21 EST 2016


> > Yes, but what might the "public do?".
> 
> Install a second router behind the ISP-required one. Disable the WIFI on the ISP router or just don't connect to it.
...which protects the stuff on your internal network - though it wasn't clear that there was a particular threat to it anyway.

The issue here is that the ISP-required router gets recruited as part of a botnet.  Nothing you can do on your side of the router can prevent that.

                                                        -- Jerry



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