New worm can infect home modem/routers

[beGi]

The title says all, more info here:

http://apcmag.com/Content.aspx?id=3687

http://www.dronebl.org/blog/8


So CHANGE your default admin name/password...

And this is probably only the beginning...

[Marin85]

And this is probably only the beginning...

...or the end

[loyukfai]

How many router and DSL modems out there have their admin interface opened to the WAN side by default...?

Quote from the DroneBL article...

Many articles described this as a "end of the world, all routers are vulnerable" thing. This is simply not the case. We would prefer if you contact us if you do not understand fully now.

Lesson learned: Don't unnecessarily open the router's admin interface to the WAN side. If it's really required, then use a strong password, or a key-based authentication.

Some references:
http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=84492#p84492
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=49372

Cheers and nice weekend.