A blogger helping to tune a friend's wi-fi network uncovered a gaping security hole in Wi-Fi cable modem routers installed in 64,000 Time Warner subscribers' homes, leaving them open to attack. . Time Warner says that within the past week it has patched the problem until the manufacturer can provide a permanent fix, but before that it had allowed administrative access to the routers. Attackers could then run a variety of programs against these routers, says David Chen in his blog Chenosaurus. The link for this article located at Network World is no longer available. . Time Warner says that within the past week it has patched the problem until the manufacturer can pro. wi-fi, blogger, helping, friend's, network, uncovered, gaping, security, cable. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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