Protect yourself from hacking and bandwidth theft

Sadly most people are too lazy to do things, or it cost too much. By doing some basic things like changing default passwords and user names does a lot in protecting you and or your business.
 
Well the old argument goes... if bandwidth wasn't so expensive then people wouldn't be stealing it so much....

Does anybody know what the consequences are for stealing bandwidth?
 
The biggest culprits of this scam are Telkom employees on the 0800-375375 help line who deliberately tell their customers NOT to change the admin user name and pasword. It happened to a trusting customer of mine, and he has filed charges with the police.

What ports is the article referring to?

How does a compromised router send the data to an external user? What config changes do you look for on the router?
 
True - most people are in too much of a hurry. They plug the router in and it works so they leave it. Why fiddle if it aint broke. The responsibility should be with each person to lock their stuff down. It doesnt take much.

Most likely only port 80, but could also be 443 or 22 (If your router supports it) You dont want any external net accessing your router.
 
gregmcc said:
The responsibility should be with each person to lock their stuff down. It doesnt take much.
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Disagree .. users can't be trusted to do anything. Passwords should be randomised (or be something like the serial number) and/or remote access disabled by default.

Of course security issues that expose details are a completely different matter. If not firmware-patchable they should be recalled by the manufacturer.

ISPs should also filter out exploit traffic, though I admit things get dodgy when you start doing that.
 
gregmcc said:
Most likely only port 80, but could also be 443 or 22 (If your router supports it) You dont want any external net accessing your router.
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erm http port 80 and https 443 (secure) and 22 ftp-something? That is what NAT is for and or the DMZ . So whoever wil only get to there and no further, and having software firewall+antivirus on your pc is also a good idea
 
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