rss
06-24-2017, 05:24 AM
Virgin Media thinks 800,000 users should change their router passwords
https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/aUGEZuPY3xZUc_SNjEIhXMkrdZk=/575x323/filters:quality(90)/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F517452%2F677253b1-5e5a-48a4-ae58-89b709bb5790.jpghttps://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-e71baf64f2ec58d01cd28f4e9ef6b2ce0370b42fbd965068e9 e7b58be198fb13.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=Virgin+Media+thinks+800%2C000+users+should+ch ange+their+router+passwords&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F06%2F23%2Fv irgin-media-router-password-change%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)https://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-8e3bd31e201ea65385a524ef67519d031e6851071807055648 790d6a4ca77139.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F06 %2F23%2Fvirgin-media-router-password-change%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&src=sp)
Virgin Media wants you to change your router password.*
The company recently published guidance on how to do that for older router models after Which? magazine — a publication "k**wn for testing household products (http://www.which.co.uk/about-which/company-info/what-is-which/)" — found that Virgin Media routers weren't so hard to hack.*
SEE ALSO: Step inside the secretive class that turns people into ******s (http://mashable.com/2017/06/08/secret-******-class/)
Which? found that Virgin Media's Super Hub 2 "can be hacked in a matter of days (http://www.which.co.uk/news/2017/06/virgin-urges-super-hub-2-password-change/#%20-%20Which?)" if users don't change the default password the devices come with. Once someone hacks into a router, that person can often get access to devices that use that router. Around 864,000 people apparently own a Super Hub 2. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/23/virgin-media-router-password-change/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Cybersecurity (http://mashable.com/category/cybersecurity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1498266307 (http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1498266307)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/LB2l53Ds3yc
https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/aUGEZuPY3xZUc_SNjEIhXMkrdZk=/575x323/filters:quality(90)/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F517452%2F677253b1-5e5a-48a4-ae58-89b709bb5790.jpghttps://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-e71baf64f2ec58d01cd28f4e9ef6b2ce0370b42fbd965068e9 e7b58be198fb13.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=Virgin+Media+thinks+800%2C000+users+should+ch ange+their+router+passwords&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F06%2F23%2Fv irgin-media-router-password-change%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)https://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-8e3bd31e201ea65385a524ef67519d031e6851071807055648 790d6a4ca77139.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F06 %2F23%2Fvirgin-media-router-password-change%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&src=sp)
Virgin Media wants you to change your router password.*
The company recently published guidance on how to do that for older router models after Which? magazine — a publication "k**wn for testing household products (http://www.which.co.uk/about-which/company-info/what-is-which/)" — found that Virgin Media routers weren't so hard to hack.*
SEE ALSO: Step inside the secretive class that turns people into ******s (http://mashable.com/2017/06/08/secret-******-class/)
Which? found that Virgin Media's Super Hub 2 "can be hacked in a matter of days (http://www.which.co.uk/news/2017/06/virgin-urges-super-hub-2-password-change/#%20-%20Which?)" if users don't change the default password the devices come with. Once someone hacks into a router, that person can often get access to devices that use that router. Around 864,000 people apparently own a Super Hub 2. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/23/virgin-media-router-password-change/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Cybersecurity (http://mashable.com/category/cybersecurity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1498266307 (http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1498266307)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/LB2l53Ds3yc