Collaborate Disseminate
Creality, makers of the Ender series of 3D printers, have released a product called Wi-Fi Box meant to control printers over a network and I ordered one for today’s teardown. Let’s get something very clear from the start. If you’re looking to control your 3D printer over the network, get …read more
Have you ever wanted to watch someone reverse engineer a piece of hardware and pick up some tips? You can’t be there while [Jeremy] tears open a Netgear N300 router, but you can see his process step by step in some presentation charts, and you’ll get a few ideas for …read more
With everything else going on this summer, you might be forgiven for not keeping abreast of new proposed regulatory frameworks, but if you’re interested in software-defined radio (SDR) or even reflashing your WiFi router, you should. Right now, there’s a proposal to essentially prevent you from flashing your own firmware/software …read more
A vulnerability (CVE-2020-7982) discovered in the package manager of the OpenWRT open source operating system could allow attackers to compromise the embedded and networking devices running it. About OpenWRT OpenWRT is an open source, Linux-based opera… Continue reading Millions of routers running OpenWRT vulnerable to attack
OpenWrt is an open source operating system used by millions of home and small business routers and embedded devices. Continue reading Patch now! Critical flaw found in OpenWrt router software
We’re not sure how many of you out there own a boat large enough to get its own integrated computer network, but it doesn’t really matter. Even if you can’t use this project personally, it’s impossible not to be impressed with the work [mgrouch] has put into the “Bareboat Necessities” …read more
A cybersecurity researcher today disclosed technical details and proof-of-concept of a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting OpenWrt, a widely used Linux-based operating system for routers, residential gateways, and other embedded devi… Continue reading Critical RCE Bug Affects Millions of OpenWrt-based Network Devices
A vulnerability (CVE-2020-8597) in the Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon (pppd) software, which comes installed on many Linux-based and Unix-like operating systems and networking devices, can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to achieve code execu… Continue reading PPP Daemon flaw opens Linux distros, networking devices to takeover attacks
Since security might be subjective the question is on how security is implemented on default settings in the forementioned OpenWrt.
Common gotchas for changing important settings for superior security are wished for as well.
Some best p… Continue reading How secure are the default OpenWrt settings? [closed]
I have spent years struggling with masquerading on LuCI. I have WAN (over broadband modem), local servers with Static IPs (DMZ) and a LAN with 192.168.xxx.yyy.
Obviously I want two zones: outside (DMZ, WAN) and indoors (LAN… Continue reading Masquerading/LuCI