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Thousands of routers mandated for use by a major Singaporean telco and operated by 'top enterprises" around the world are open to a remote zero day exploit that allows routers to be completely hijacked and is indefensible by most users. Vantage Point Security senior security consultant Lyon Yang does not wish to disclose the …

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  1. Dr Trevor Marshall

    You don't need bridge mode

    I just put a Tomato-based router between the (backdoored) Verizon FIOS router and my network. Just tell Tomato to NAT one of the IP addresses out of the router. Not quite as fast as reprogramming the router as a bridge, but setup is simple and it is adequately secure...

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  2. frank ly

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    "The penetration tester is planning on examining the "overlooked" area of internet-of-things security as Singapore undergoes its massive smart city project."

    That sounds like a job for life.

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  3. Sir Runcible Spoon
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    “When the ISP ships the router, it comes with a shitload of vulnerabilities,” Yang told Vulture South

    You don't often see proper technical terms quoted in articles :D

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