Is your home wireless router safe?

With the doubled speed of broadband Internet access, wireless routers are installed in most homes for more convenient and unrestricted Internet access. However, in recent days, the China Telecom network security team has revealed the news that wireless routers have been hacked. The issue of personal privacy leakage has once again become the focus of social attention.

Broadband speeds double in succession

Nowadays, networks are needed for entertainment and social networking, whether it is work, study, or leisure time. Therefore, having a fast, no-delay broadband network has become a must-have item for the public.

In order to allow Zhengzhou citizens to truly enter the "fiber age" and enjoy the fast pace of broadband, since last year, Zhengzhou Unicom and Zhengzhou Telecom have started to increase the speed of broadband. From 2M, 4M to 10M, 20M, the broadband market in Zhengzhou ushered in a real "spring".

It is understood that Zhengzhou Unicom, Zhengzhou Telecom launched the "broadband spree", greatly by the public's favorite, pre-stored the corresponding calls, not only free for two years of broadband, you can also get 3G big screen smart phones and large amount of Call charges.

Take Zhengzhou Unicom's "broadband gift package" as an example. If you store 1199 yuan, you can use 4M broadband for two years free of charge. You can also choose from 3G smart phones such as Cool 7230, Lenovo A690, Huawei Y300, and Tianyu W719. Get 119 yuan free call from China Unicom.

"We have now launched a free upgrade of broadband, fiber-optic communities can be directly upgraded to 10M, 20M broadband free of charge, non-fiber community can also log on the site, through the application for community free optical network transformation," Zhengzhou Unicom staff told reporters: "Users You can also choose our perfect broadband, and only need to store 10 yuan more than the monthly package, you can enjoy the fun brought by 10M broadband."

"At home, China Unicom uses 10M broadband, which can be used by a single family member at the same time," said Mr. Shen. "Equipped with a wireless router, when I'm playing League of Legends, my son can watch cartoons, and my wife can also browse the web and swipe Weibo. ."

Wireless routing hidden hidden troubles

With the popularity of 10M broadband in Zhengzhou, more and more homes are equipped with wireless routers. However, recently China Telecom released a security announcement saying that the China Telecom network security team has found that hackers use home wireless broadband routers to use admin/ Admin is used as a username/password vulnerability to embed code that modifies the configuration of the router's DNS (domain name resolution service) in certain malicious web pages. When the user browses these web pages controlled by hackers, their IP addresses are tampered with without their knowledge. When the user visits, it may cause information leakage and other hazards.

It is understood that DNS is also called domain name resolution service. Just like "translator" on the Internet, users enter "Taobao", it will help them find the corresponding Taobao IP address, and then "send" Taobao's web page to. on the computer. The “hackers” do is replace the real webpage with a fake webpage, and then pass it back to the user. Once the user enters the bank account password on the fake webpage, the hacker can see it in the background so as to achieve the purpose of fraudulently taking money.

According to Anyang, Qihoo 360 security technology expert, hackers will also cause users to crash, break the network, leak privacy and other hazards after drilling into the router. At the same time, the hacker can monitor all computers and smart phones that access the Internet through the wireless router. , PAD and other devices on the Internet traffic, stealing the user's important account password, implant Trojans and so on. Users can record QQ chat records, which bank's websites are registered, and the account passwords entered can also be recorded.

Online risk precautions

This reporter learned that the reason why wireless broadband routers are attacked by hackers, resulting in leakage of personal privacy, loss of bank accounts, loss of money and other issues, because individuals set up the router, did not do preventive measures.

To ensure account security, China Telecom recommends that users check whether the DNS settings in the home wireless broadband router DHCP belong to the two IP network segments 66.102.. and 207.254.. If yes, you can follow the following steps: First, back up your personal broadband service account and password, then restore the router factory settings, modify the default management account and password on the router management page, and finally enter the broadband service account and password on the router management page, and then re-dial Internet access.

Relevant technicians told the reporter that according to the method provided by China Telecom, when restoring the factory setting of the wireless broadband router, the reset key needs to be found on the router, which can be reset by using tools such as a toothpick and paper clip, and the account password must be reset. .

Wei Wei, Dean of the School of Electronics and Information Engineering at Tianjin University of Technology, also stated that after many users purchase a wireless router, they will directly follow the instructions and follow the instructions. The default user name and password of the router are used. This is very easy for hackers to leave. Take the opportunity. Wei Wei suggested: "The public should set up a relatively complicated wireless connection password, and to develop a habit of regularly changing passwords to prevent hackers from attacking."