When your wireless router broadcasts its wireless network name, known formally as a Service Set Identifier (SSID), it's like putting a virtual bumper sticker out in the air around your house or ...

3:00 PM -- In the wake of two fairly bad stories about cross-site request forgeries (CSRF), there’s a new challenge on the wind: Hack your home router! The catalysts for this challenge were some ...

There’s a wireless router gathering dust in Bob LaRocca’s office. It’s yours if you can hack into his network. First, some background: LaRocca is director of IT security with the School District of ...

a white wi-fi router with cables hanging down with woman typing on laptop in the background. - BritCats Studio/Shutterstock Internet modems and routers, along with all of the accompanying cables and ...

Security researchers will give talks on rootkits and new hacking and intrusion-detection software at this week's Black Hat conference The Cisco hacking scene has been pretty quiet for the past three ...

Internet modems and routers, along with all of the accompanying cables and wires, are a part of everyone's life these days. There's just no way around it. Having your internet modem out in the open, ...