D-Link Router security problems

[GTP]

http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/...ter-in-the-bin-urges-security-researcher.aspx

 

[Your PCMD]

Glad I only use Ubiquiti and TP-Link.

Thanks for the read.

 

[GTP]

I never liked D-Link products. Never had a good run with them from years ago.
TP-Link, Ubiquiti, (residential/SoHO) Draytek or Cyberoam for Business.

 

[frase]

I use TP-LINK

 

[Moltuae]

I never liked D-Link products.

Same here. Tried maybe 2 or 3 of them over 10 years ago. They were dreadful. Never used them since.

 

[cyabro]

Tplink also had models that were easily hacked remotely.

 

[GTP]

Tplink also had models that were easily hacked remotely.

I think anything could be "hacked" given enough time and persistence. Most consumer routers are never setup correctly, especially when clients set them up themselves. A visit to https://shodan.io will dazzle you with the amount of unsecured devices on the internet!
I still get residential and business clients using the default admin/admin login.
They use WEP 'cause it's a pain remembering passwords, so the risk of getting hacked is greater.
I go for a walks around my neighborhood with my mobile looking for unsecured WiFi networks. When I find one, (which is often) I knock on the door and introduce myself. I try to explain to them that they are insecure. Some are shocked and want it setup correctly, some don't give a rats ar*e, 'cause Mum can't connect if we put a password on it, or "Harry" next door is using it as well!
I pick up quite a few extra jobs doing this.

 

[fencepost]

Not sure I've ever used a D-Link router unless it was something I could throw OpenWRT on for my own use or as an AP.

I had some unfortunate exposure to some D-Link APs some years ago when a competitor working with a local physician group got a contract to do PC installs for group members getting their EMR through the physician group. Among other things, they were pushing a D-Link dual band access point. Not simultaneous dual band, just dual band - pick which one you want to use.

 

[frase]

I think anything could be "hacked" given enough time and persistence. Most consumer routers are never setup correctly, especially when clients set them up themselves. A visit to https://shodan.io will dazzle you with the amount of unsecured devices on the internet!
I still get residential and business clients using the default admin/admin login.
They use WEP 'cause it's a pain remembering passwords, so the risk of getting hacked is greater.
I go for a walks around my neighborhood with my mobile looking for unsecured WiFi networks. When I find one, (which is often) I knock on the door and introduce myself. I try to explain to them that they are insecure. Some are shocked and want it setup correctly, some don't give a rats ar*e, 'cause Mum can't connect if we put a password on it, or "Harry" next door is using it as well!
I pick up quite a few extra jobs doing this.

Is a good cause but some may see it as intrusion as well, OMG he hacked into my wifi from xBusiness after he told me was secure, shady lines.

 

[GTP]

Yes, Australian Cyber Security law is pretty strict, but I'm not hacking in to their network, merely viewing their unprotected wifi network.
If I were to break their security it would be a different story!
BTW I forgot to mention the amount of HP printers I see on open networks!