Sounds like a good reason to run OS software on your router.
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The NSA runs a massive, full-time hacking operation targeting foreign systems, the latest leaks from Edward Snowden show. But unlike conventional cybercriminals, the agency is less interested in hacking PCs and Macs. Instead, America?s spooks have their eyes on the internet routers and switches that form the basic infrastructure of the net, and are largely overlooked as security vulnerabilities.
?No one updates their routers,? he says. ?If you think people are bad about patching Windows and Linux (which they are) then they are ? horrible about updating their networking gear because it is too critical, and usually they don?t have redundancy to be able to do it properly.?
He also notes that routers don?t have security software that can help detect a breach.
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