It’s the 21 century and everyone has a computer and many of those people use cable modems or home routers. Recently a worm has been found that can attack various routers and modems. There’re a total of 55 modems and routers that are at risk. Even if you have a top name brand router such as Linksys you could still be at risk.

The codename for the worm is Bluepill or psyb0t. Surprisingly it’s the first of its kind that is actually able to infect home networks. The worm uses a database of over 6,000 usernames and 13,000 passwords to try to get into your network. While this may not seem like much of a threat at first glance, the reality is that it’s a huge threat to your personal privacy. This is because your home network (both the router and the modem) run 24/7. They also allow unlimited chances for you to get the username and password right.

Therefore the worm can run 24/7 until it cracks your system. You may be asleep at the time and not even notice it happening. While this may not seem like much of a threat at first glance, the reality is that it’s a huge threat to your personal privacy. This is because your home network (both the router and the modem) run 24/7. They also allow unlimited chances for you to get the username and password right. If that wasn’t bad enough the worm is designed to execute any code that is programmed into it. Bluepill has been suspected of being in over 100,000 systems. Many users that have their computers infected don’t even know it!

To help avoid getting hacked you should use an advanced username and password that is random and extremely uncommon. If you think that you’ve already been infected then you may want to reset your hardware to get rid of the worm.

Source: PCWorld

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