ISP security is clown shoes at times. I was reading a blog post of a dude who played with their ISP APIs and was able to make changes to his own router because authenticated API endpoints returned data unauthenticated multiple times because they could just send the same request multiple times until it returned data. They fixed it quick, but still …
It’s fascinating how these guys think. There’s so much inferring what might have been done behind closed doors, and correctly.
I’m also surprised that one of these threat-detection things people talk about wasn’t triggered when he was literally sending “123456789” in most of the fields of a request.
I’m also surprised that one of these threat-detection things people talk about wasn’t triggered when he was literally sending with “123456789” in most of the fields of a request.
Considering their systems allowed data return just because they got asked repeatedly, I’m not surprised at all. You’d be surprised the seemingly important metrics that don’t get monitored and reported on during day to day operations.
I always have a firewall inside the ISP device. I also have segmented network with the devices I mostly control on one network and the devices that the manufacturer mostly controls on another.
currently my only option for internet is by tethering my phone mobile data. i do it with a usb hotspot. i have a wifi router but it seems unnecessary, complicated and slower than usb, so it is not currently in use. it’s an android phone and a linux computer but i don’t feel i know enough about either device or networking in general. should i be worried or do things different? i don’t have much that’s important. i still fear i might be doing things wrong.
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If you have anything worthwhile on your PC, you should really buy your own router instead of using the one provided by your ISP.
This is a new risk I’m just hearing about. Do they not configure them strictly enough?
ISP security is clown shoes at times. I was reading a blog post of a dude who played with their ISP APIs and was able to make changes to his own router because authenticated API endpoints returned data unauthenticated multiple times because they could just send the same request multiple times until it returned data. They fixed it quick, but still …
https://samcurry.net/hacking-millions-of-modems
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It’s fascinating how these guys think. There’s so much inferring what might have been done behind closed doors, and correctly.
I’m also surprised that one of these threat-detection things people talk about wasn’t triggered when he was literally sending “123456789” in most of the fields of a request.
Considering their systems allowed data return just because they got asked repeatedly, I’m not surprised at all. You’d be surprised the seemingly important metrics that don’t get monitored and reported on during day to day operations.
I always have a firewall inside the ISP device. I also have segmented network with the devices I mostly control on one network and the devices that the manufacturer mostly controls on another.
So everything in one and nothing in the other besides (obviously) your Linux PC/server? /s
Something like that. Hardened personal devices in one and things like TVs and game consoles in the other.
currently my only option for internet is by tethering my phone mobile data. i do it with a usb hotspot. i have a wifi router but it seems unnecessary, complicated and slower than usb, so it is not currently in use. it’s an android phone and a linux computer but i don’t feel i know enough about either device or networking in general. should i be worried or do things different? i don’t have much that’s important. i still fear i might be doing things wrong.