News about Malware In Your Router

[Geek-9pm]

This story is on mass-media.
New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/technology/router-fbi-reboot-malware.html
ABC News:
http://abc7chicago.com/technology/video-how-to-reboot-your-router-to-avoid-malware/3532671/
CBS News:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/05/28/fbi-russian-malware-infects-routers-warning/
Actually, this threat has been known for some time. 

[Mark.]

Yeah, it’s one of those media stories that does the rounds every few months.
Somehow it gets a bit of traction and, pow, it’s ‘the latest thing’.

[Geek-9pm]

Mark, tha is how we know summer is near.
-  When the mass-media repeats old stories.
This time they say the news comes from the FBI.

FBI Says You Should Reboot Your Routers And NAS Devices
Copy the above  into your favorite search engine. 

[soybean]

So, simply rebooting is supposed to be a solution to this problem?  I find that hard to believe, since the router would have been booted before it could be used when new. 

On the plus side regarding the articles, the recommendation to update firmware, if available, and change the default password is sound advice.  Those default passwords are usually practically worthless in providing any security.

[Geek-9pm]

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Those default passwords are usually practically worthless in providing any security.

Here is the default for the router I  just  received from Comcast:
User: admin
Password: password
Both are case sensitive. 
I am not going to change them; anything else is too hard to remember. 

[soybean]

Here is the default for the router I  just  received from Comcast:
User: admin
Password: password
Both are case sensitive. 
I am not going to change them; anything else is too hard to remember. 

Well, if you can't even devise some method of keeping record of a few passwords, then you deserve any consequences that might befall you.  Surely, you could buy a simple spiral notepad and write some usernames and passwords in it. 

[Mark.]

I am not going to change them; anything else is too hard to remember. 

Oh Geek!that is just laziness and exactly the mindset these idiots rely on to get their foot in your (digital) door.
change all your default passwords now - it's dead easy and is your first line of defence.it doesn't have to be anything long or hard to remember, it can even simply be your last name, or house phone number for example.you aren't trying to stop a direct, dedicated attack, you just want to change the default password so every Tom, *censored* and Harry with "let's see who's out there?" on their minds can't get into your modem/router and flog your wifi password.

[Geek-9pm]

Mark, I will take your advice. 
I will use passwords I can remember.