Secure those routers!

[GomJabbar]

New Malware Silently Changes Router Settings

...a new malware variant with a new twist: It changes the DNS settings on your router so that all of your traffic goes through malicious DNS servers controlled by the attackers.
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...the attack relies on the routers having default usernames and passwords for the admin pages, and on standard file names for those pages. Users who take the wise precaution of changing the router password are not vulnerable to this aspect of the Trojan.

[Purcy]

Thanks, I just changed my username and password.

[leoblob]

I just changed mine, too. Thanks for the info

[jdhurst]

Setting a unique and difficult password is the first thing I do with a router. ... JDH

[Trekk69]

Always giving the heads up!
First thing I do is always change the default settings!

[beGi]

First thing I do is always change the default settings!

Same here....

[carbon_unit]

Same here. If nothing else I use the customers last name. I know it is not very secure but it is better than "admin" and I can remember it a year later when they need service.

[wearetheborg]

Setting a unique and difficult password is the first thing I do with a router. ... JDH

Me too, ingrained due to the linux culture.

[SHoTTa35]

, thanks Changed!

[Temetka]

I have a real router, none of these little linksys or belkin jobbies for me. That being said the username and pw are of course, not factory default and in todays world anyone who runs with defaults is going to get hurt.

I just got my B.S. in Information Security and having done freelance network security I can tell you its not just the home users who are in the dark about what steps need to be taken in order to properly protect their assets. Anything stored on a machine should be considered a valuable asset whether it music, movies, pics or tax returns. Anything that is valuable better be locked down.

We need a modern mattress to stuff our stuff into to quote my uncle.

[GomJabbar]

Yes, I secured my router as soon as I got it. I believe in keeping tight security on any computer device connected to the internet.

I do not store any important financial or ID theft compromising passwords on my computers that have internet access. I do use those computers to access my bank and other accounts, but I do not keep their passwords stored in any software or file on the computer itself. Call me slightly paranoid. All my passwords are stored in a hidden file on a pocket computer with no internet access. I do not keep this pocket computer on my person generally speaking - I keep it where I reside.

[spt60]

LOL... I kept all my infos. in my head

Yes, I secured my router as soon as I got it. I believe in keeping tight security on any computer device connected to the internet.

I do not store any important financial or ID theft compromising passwords on my computers that have internet access. I do use those computers to access my bank and other accounts, but I do not keep their passwords stored in any software or file on the computer itself. Call me slightly paranoid. All my passwords are stored in a hidden file on a pocket computer with no internet access. I do not keep this pocket computer on my person generally speaking - I keep it where I reside.

[GomJabbar]

LOL... I kept all my infos. in my head

I just counted 368 lines of user id's, passwords, secret questions/answers, and account numbers in this file.

I may have a big head, but it doesn't hold much.