Vigilante hacker is changing 10,000 WiFi passwords

[santium]

There is a new router-based malware in the wild that isn't really malware, so to speak. Instead of being malicious, it forces you to secure your Wi-Fi networks.

 

 

 

http://www.techworm.net/2015/10/new-vigilante-malware-protects-routers-against-security-threats.html

[Fred Castellum]

Well that's not something you see everyday, that's for sure.

[MattLantis]

I wouldn't personally consider that vigilantics 

[ivan134]

I wouldn't personally consider that vigilantics 

Maybe you should get a new dictionary. Yours seem broken.

[Sam Z Man]

This sounds like someone made a very poor "In Soviet Russia..." joke a reality.

[//FTP]

Very interesting.

[xTrixieHD]

That's not very nice,

[Techdude154]

I wonder if it is doing it to slip under the radar and cause actual issues in the future. I heard a case where there was malware that would remove other malware so it could do its thing without being noticed

[MattLantis]

Maybe you should get a new dictionary. Yours seem broken.

Fairly sure the point of a vigilante is to step in when the law enforcement is inadequate. In this case, that is Wifi passwords not being very secure, the law enforcement has literally nothing to do with it

[DarkRift5]

He/she seems like they're trying to be helpful but it is still a bit, er,  frowned upon by law enforcement to mess with other people's wifi crap.

[Techdude154]

Maybe you should get a new dictionary. Yours seem broken.

https://www.google.com/search?q=vigilante+definition&oq=vigilante+def&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.4655j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=0&ie=UTF-8

[MoonSpot]

Thanks for protecting our grandmothers hackers <3

[WereCat]

All those free WiFis in the city that will get password protected.. nooo!

[WolfDeville]

The creator is a God damn hero

[Salty]

>still using the default WPA2 code my ISP gave me

[BWSSoldya]

Just a clarification: This malware changes the password of Telnet ports on the routers that are often badly protected. So it is not your WiFi password.

 

OT: It sounds really awesome, I just hope the creator doesn't use it like a traditional botnet (because it is actually a botnet, it has P2P connectivity for updates). Would be awesome if someone actually did something like this for people just because. Just to make the world a better place

[GoldSrc]

>still using the default WPA2 code my ISP gave me

At least you're not using WEP lol.