Attention! Belkin Routers are Now Susceptible to Hacks

If you have been using Belkin Wireless Router, this blog is just for you! Though the brand-name Belkin is quite renowned and trustworthy in the world of routers, a researcher has recently published the details for several unlatched susceptibility that affects the Belkin Wireless Routers. Additionally, CERT has also put a stamp on it while clarifying that users of Belkin N600 DB Wireless Dual Band N+ router might be vulnerable to various cyber attacks in their vulnerability note, making users from all across the world worried about the same.

Here we have enlisted a few potential issues that hackers might exploit (as per the CERT), take a quick look:

1. When a password is added, the hacker can still find a way around for the verification while gaining the full-privileged access to all the constrained pages of the web management interface.

2. As we all know, there is no option for the by default password setup for the web management interfaces, there are chances that LAN attacker get the access to it. Also, he might get the influence the defaulting absence of credentials in remote.

3. An attacker with the aptitude to spoof DNS replies can affect the router to get in touch with mistaken or malevolent hosts under the attacker’s control.

4. An attacker who is competent of managing man-in-the-middle attacks can control traffic for blocking the updates or inject random records.

Though, the cause and effects are minutely analyzed by the experts, there are hardly any overviews that deal with the solution for the same. And, probably this is the reason why the problem is still continued to prevail even after innumerable warnings. So, we thought of enlisting a few basic advices for all the users of Belkin Wireless Router, which might turn helpful for them in restricting their data and devices from all types of malicious activities. Read further to know more about it:

1. Users are supposed to permit only trustworthy hosts to connect to their LAN

2. Users should avoid browsing the Internet while the Web management interface has an active session in a browser tab

3. One must never forget to use the strong password for the account

4. You must be aware of the fact that that there are no realistic workarounds for the DNS spoofing or firmware over HTTP issues.

Since the news spread like a fire, the company took the initiative to talk to the media about the same. The Belkin Spokesperson in one of his latest interview said that he is well aware of the issue of vulnerability, and is trying hard to resolve the matter as soon as possible. However, meanwhile, if you have any other queries regarding the security while using the Belkin wireless router, make sure that you have instantly given a call to Belkin customer service number, and the experts from the company will instantly resolve the matter. Just in case, you don’t have the number, you can easily avail it from the website of Contactforhelp, an online directory which provides reliable US and Canada-based customer services.