RE: Linksys exploit - what does this mean to my remote users?

2013-01-15 Thread Guyer, Don
ce, please open a Service Desk ticket or call the helpdesk @ 610-492-3839. [cid:image001.jpg@01CDF300.E338C330] From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 10:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Linksys exploit - what does this mean to my remote users? I am

Re: Linksys exploit - what does this mean to my remote users?

2013-01-14 Thread Kurt Buff
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 7:07 PM, David Lum wrote: > I am not smart enough to know what this means other than to tell any of my > users who have this to update to the latest firmware when it comes out. > > http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14234 > > > > Yeah, they can see stuff on the rou

Re: Linksys exploit - what does this mean to my remote users?

2013-01-14 Thread Richard Stovall
Well, it looks to me like they've figured out how to get a root shell open on various Linksys routers. What that means, essentially, is that the attacker can make that little Internet-connected computer do pretty much whatever he or she wants it to do. Packet capture and forwarding of all your In