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Thread ID: 129594	2013-03-01 00:10:00	Hacking a WiFi unit - will I know I am getting hacked or my data being stolen???	Aporosa (5671)	Press F1

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1330700	2013-03-01 00:10:00	I have been told that people are going round our area and hacking into WiFi (wireless) modems using hacks they download off the internet. Heres my question: Do they simply hack the modem without you knowing or does the hacking process also send a signal to the computer to warn you that they hacking or taking your data? In other words, would I know if someone had hacked into my wifi (wireless) modem? Thanks...	Aporosa (5671)
1330701	2013-03-01 00:17:00	Nope, you likely wouldn't know if somebody had got into your WiFi router	Chilling_Silence (9)
1330702	2013-03-01 00:21:00	Oh nice! So does that mean the hack they use draws the access pin from the router and cannot be monitored of guarded by your computer system??	Aporosa (5671)
1330703	2013-03-01 00:24:00	In real basic terms-- if someone "hacked" into your modem and were basically stealing your internet usage, or able to browse your LAN, you wouldn't know about it. Not until something happened for example files started disappearing ( or appearing) or your internet use suddenly went up, Eg: lets say someone hacked in and used your connection to download the lasted block buster Movie, it wouldn't be them that got caught ( if they did) it would be you the owner of the modem/Household/ Internet account. Bit of a story: A few years back I was at a persons place setting up a router and when connecting the wireless, their neighbours was picked up as well. I told the lady that her neighbours was unsecure and everyone could see the shared files etc - she rang he neighbour and advised, but was told <insert real company name> - (I wont say who) that it was set up a couple of weeks before and was assured it was secure - I asked ( nice of me wasn't it :) ) to prove her wrong-- I went into a shared folder from across the street and printed off on the neighbours own printer a family picture. Guess where the next service call was that day ;) NOW I could have easily used the neighbours wireless to do what ever I wanted- so could anyone else within range.	wainuitech (129)
1330704	2013-03-01 00:25:00	No you wouldn't know if they'd done it, but as long as you have security enabled and use a reasonably long password you are pretty safe. By default every router I've seen has had a password set and enabled. You can log onto your router and get an Idea of who's connected but it's not really the easiest info to find/ decipher on most routers. About the only thing you'd notice is an unusual amount of data usage when the bill came. Use the highest level of security your equipment supports (WPA2 maybe?), set a lenghty password, and forget about it. I say lengthy because all these cryptic special characters and impossible to remember passwords aren't really any harder to crack that a normal one of the same length - just avoid proper words that are spelt correctly to make it slightly harder. (terrabull is harder to crack than terrible if the hacker is using a dictionary attack) short nonsense phrases work well - softgreenrock for example, not a word and not hard to remember. There are some very skilled hackers out there, that's true, but mostly people who make these claims lack the skill to actually do it and are talking rubbish and probably just found an unprotected wi-fi network somewhere once without a password. Hacking of secured wi-fi might happen but it's fairly uncommon and not at all like the movies.	dugimodo (138)
1330705	2013-03-01 00:35:00	Ok, thanks you guys... maybe I will change my password more freqently... I don't want the movie people coming knocking on my door saying I been pirating movies when it was some munter parked outside my place... have a good one.	Aporosa (5671)
1330706	2013-03-01 01:51:00	Just FYI guys... Theres a bug in many wifi routers that means WEP is never really disabled, despite it being 'disabled' in the setup This is across many brands (dont have more info in front of me), Im sure there was a partial list of affected units on the interwebs somewhere Also turn off any admin access via wifi or WAN , in the config menu. ============ Ive had a customer who complained his wifi was very slow & often dropped out Turned out he was connecting to his neighbours unsecured wifi instead of his own. :lol:	1101 (13337)
1330707	2013-03-01 02:01:00	Just FYI guys... Theres a bug in many wifi routers that means WEP is never really disabled, despite it being 'disabled' in the setup This is across many brands (dont have more info in front of me), Im sure there was a partial list of affected units on the interwebs somewhere Do you mean WEP - the encryption or WPS, the 8 digit PIN for setup/connecting routers? Unless you're using WEP as an encryption method I doubt it will be on, but as far as WPS goes there is a flaw in the design that means it can be cracked and it can't be disabled in some router firmware due to a bug/bad software design.	The Error Guy (14052)
1330708	2013-03-01 05:48:00	If you need a decent password do a cut and paste from here www.grc.com It would not be quick hack to crack one of those.	PPp (9511)
1330709	2013-03-01 07:21:00	If you need a decent password do a cut and paste from here www.grc.com It would not be quick hack to crack one of those. friggin impossible to remember too	gary67 (56)
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