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JCH1
New Member
4 years ago

Mirai Botnet

There are multiple articles published saying the Hughesnet router HT2000W is vulnerable to the Mirai Botnet security issue.  The articles recommend getting a patch from the device provider or ISP.  W...
  • Liz's avatar
    Liz
    4 years ago

    Good morning folks,

     

    Thanks for the discussion! Just wanted to let you know that Arcadyan is addressing this matter and we are in touch with them. You'll hear from us on further updates.

     

    Your patience and understanding are much appreciated.

     

    Thanks,

    Liz

     

    Edit:

     

    In the meantime, wouldn't hurt to do an overall security check of your devices. Google periodically reminds me to review my security settings, would be good to apply the same to everything else. Here are some tips.

Liz's avatar
Liz
Moderator

Good morning folks,

 

Thanks for the discussion! Just wanted to let you know that Arcadyan is addressing this matter and we are in touch with them. You'll hear from us on further updates.

 

Your patience and understanding are much appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Liz

 

Edit:

 

In the meantime, wouldn't hurt to do an overall security check of your devices. Google periodically reminds me to review my security settings, would be good to apply the same to everything else. Here are some tips.

Danny89's avatar
Danny89
Junior
4 years ago

Glad to hear they are working on it! :D

One thing I have a question about, or to make a statement on, wouldnt any exploiters need to be physically close to our modem in order to hack it, at least for residential users? That should be a great comfort for us if so :P Im pretty sure I'd have to make a huge wifi dish to broadcast my signal to my nearest neighbors!

Obviously though, all security issues must be fixed since even if we are protected by the nature of geosynchronous satellite....some hacker could probably figure out how to exploit the exploit to exploit further exploits and start using our data to stream Amazon Prime at 9k USHD Mega and melt our modems down

  • maratsade's avatar
    maratsade
    Distinguished Professor IV
    4 years ago

    Mark has already explained this in this thread and elsewhere.  I would guess that if someone is sitting on your driveway and you have a very weak password or are using the passwords that came with the device, they would be able to get in. 

     

    Danny89 wrote:


    One thing I have a question about, or to make a statement on, wouldnt any exploiters need to be physically close to our modem in order to hack it, at least for residential users? 

    • MarkJFine's avatar
      MarkJFine
      Professor
      4 years ago

      I was thinking at some point of coming up with every vulnerability probe I see and try to classify what they're trying to do, including those that don't even have a protocol associated with them and just throw control characters at the web server. It'd be a lot of work though.

       

      Edit: Before I start getting someone with smart comments, yes, I know that the control characters thing is a form of SQL Injection...