Questions tagged [modem]
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What is the name of the box that hackers connect to a router in order to spy on all your traffic?
I watched a documentary where hackers entered a victim's house by pretending to be from the ISP and then connected a box to a router in order to spy on all of the victim's traffic. Later, the hackers retrieved many passwords, e.g., iCloud and Gmail…
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Can my ISP router, which is set in bridge mode be theoretically hacked or is the risk at the router behind the "modem"?
I am using an ISP provided router in bridge mode with my own router.
Where is the risk of getting hacked?
Can my ISP provided router in bridge mode (=modem) be hacked?
Can it get firmware updates when in bridge mode?
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Sir Muffington
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How do you secure a Windows 11 PC connected directly to modem without a router?
I saw this post but it focused more on Linux. It sounds to me that the main thing that makes using a router more secure is the fact that it blocks any inbound stuff, which sounds simple enough to set up on the PC itself, but I don't know how to do…
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