If you are reading this blog, you are probably a user's VPN. There are many reasons why you may be using a VPN. You can improve your personal safety online, such as protecting your online identity, especially when you are away from home. Or you can access content and online services that are not available in your area
Whatever the reason, you probably use additional protection online, your data and your secure equipment: .
- You use antivirus software to prevent, detect and remove malicious software such as computer viruses.
- You use a firewall to create a barrier between your network and destructive elements or a specific computer.
However, there is another point that you need to protect completely secure in cyberspace. Wondering what is? It is your router.
If you're like most people, this is probably the only computer in your home that you forgot to secure, and it is the computer that is the gateway to all the others.
over the years, personal computers have become well protected, because people understand that they need good passwords, anti-virus software and firewalls to protect themselves.
However, with the advent of wireless technology and the proliferation of mobile devices, hackers have now turned their attention to your router one computer in your home that is rarely protected, and that is often vulnerable .
your router is a networking device that sits between your modem, which connects to your ISP (ISP), and your home network. It controls your wireless network. Often you receive your ISP router. Sometimes your router and modem are combined in one machine.
Like a computer, your router has its own built-in software, known as firmware . This software is rarely updated, making you vulnerable to pirate threats. However, the software running on your computers and portable devices is updated frequently to protect you
There are other reasons that routers are particularly vulnerable :.
- users are often not properly configure their routers. Many do not change passwords and default settings. This problem is often compounded by a difficult user interface and poor user documentation.
- Many ISPs distribute the same routers to thousands of customers, making them a target much more inviting to hackers. If they can break into a single router, they can break into them all.
Hackers attack routers to access computers on your network, steal your information, send spam, and even create robots that they use to attack websites. In recent years, there have been many attacks worldwide against routers, which often leave their victims of identity theft, loss of privacy, and damaged computers.
For example, in Poland in 2014, hackers modified the DNS settings on routers victims. First, their DNS servers misguided thugs users to a fake bank website. Then hackers have launched a simple man in the middle attack to try to steal the credentials of the bank, and money later.
Your VPN can protect you in many ways, but it can not protect you against attacks targeting your router.
Part of your Internet strategy should include securing your router. Here's how:
- Always change the admin password on your router with a good password. Do not let your router with the default password, as is how hackers break through.
- Make sure that your router firmware is up to date.
- Use good security access. This means turning off WPA2 and WPS.
We developed RouterCheck, a free application for Android and friendly that checks these settings and many others for you. RouterCheck determine if your router is vulnerable to hackers, and provides instructions on how to solve the problems it finds.
For more information, visit RouterCheck.com. To download the Android RouterCheck app, visit Google Play.
About the author
Jennifer Paton Smith is a freelance technical writer. His site technical writing staff sericonconsulting.com . She is co-founder of Sericon Technology Inc., which develops RouterCheck.
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