Study Shows Thousands of Consumer Internet Connectivity Devices Are Vulnerable to Attack
Monday, October 26, 2009 - 15:14
in Mathematics & Economics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Following news reports that 65,000 modems and wireless routers used by Time Warner Cable customers are vulnerable to attack by hackers, a Columbia University expert on computer security and privacy has found that software flaws in embedded devices like routers, webcams and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone adapters are far more widespread than previously known.