Hackers are exploiting a backdoor built into Zyxel devices. Are you patched?
Recently discovered account with admin rights is hardcoded into multiple device models.
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DNS Benchmark v2 Release 5 with Consultant License Guest:
If you own any earlier release of our DNS Benchmark you may immediately download its release #5 replacement. Running an earlier release will detect the new release and help you upgrade.
Although this release is cosmetic, appearance matters and affects ease of use. The biggest change, as seen in the image above, is that the DNS Benchmark now has a traditional Windows application menu to more fully expose its many features. This release is also "Consultant License Aware" and GRC will now issue a Consultant version when owners have previously purchased four "Personal Use" licenses. If you have previously purchased four DNSB licenses, or if you wish to upgrade your "Personal Use" license to Consultant, GRC's purchase process will direct you through that process.
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BootAble – FreeDOS boot testing freeware
To obtain direct, low-level access to a system's mass storage drives, SpinRite runs under a GRC-customized version of FreeDOS which has been modified to add compatibility with all file systems. In order to run SpinRite it must first be possible to boot FreeDOS.
GRC's “BootAble” freeware allows anyone to easily create BIOS-bootable media in order to workout and confirm the details of getting a machine to boot FreeDOS through a BIOS. Once the means of doing that has been determined, the media created by SpinRite can be booted and run in the same way.
The participants here, who have taken the time to share their knowledge and experience, their successes and some frustrations with booting their computers into FreeDOS, have created a valuable knowledgebase which will benefit everyone who follows.
You may click on the image to the right to obtain your own copy of BootAble. Then use the knowledge and experience documented here to boot your computer(s) into FreeDOS. And please do not hesitate to ask questions – nowhere else can better answers be found.
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Just threw away an old ISP DSL router that's been sitting around (unused) for years, literally two days ago. Reminds me, many years ago I had ran an NMap scan on it and it discovered a port that regardless of firewall or port-forward rules, could not be stealthed. Finally I just put the thing in bridge mode and stuck a personal router behind it... though I'm not even 100% sure that helped. That port IIRC was a remote administration port.
It is quite easy to upgrade these to Openwrt which solves the problem, gives you way longer support and a much more secure platform.
I have 3 of these https://www.zyxel.com/uk/en-gb/products/wifi-system excellent hardware to run openwrt
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I have 3 of these https://www.zyxel.com/uk/en-gb/products/wifi-system excellent hardware to run openwrt
[OpenWrt Wiki] ZyXEL WSM20 (Multy M1)
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