Comcast bug made it shockingly easy to steal customers’ Wi-Fi passwords
In Summary : A security hole in a Comcast service-activation website allowed anyone to obtain a customer's Wi-Fi network name and pas...
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In Summary :
A security hole in a Comcast service-activation website allowed anyone to obtain a customer's Wi-Fi network name and password by entering the customer's account number and a partial street address, ZDNet reported yesterday. The problem would have let attackers "rename Wi-Fi network names and passwords, temporarily locking users out" of their home networks, ZDNet wrote. Obviously, an attacker could also use a Wi-Fi network name and password to log into an unsuspecting Comcast customer's home network. Shortly after ZDNet's story was published, Comcast disabled the website feature that was leaking Wi-Fi passwords. "Within hours of learning of this issue, we shut it down," Comcast told ZDNet and Ars. "We are conducting a thorough investigation and will take all necessary steps to ensure that this doesn't happen again." [...]
kindly refer the following link as follow up :
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1312829
A security hole in a Comcast service-activation website allowed anyone to obtain a customer's Wi-Fi network name and password by entering the customer's account number and a partial street address, ZDNet reported yesterday. The problem would have let attackers "rename Wi-Fi network names and passwords, temporarily locking users out" of their home networks, ZDNet wrote. Obviously, an attacker could also use a Wi-Fi network name and password to log into an unsuspecting Comcast customer's home network. Shortly after ZDNet's story was published, Comcast disabled the website feature that was leaking Wi-Fi passwords. "Within hours of learning of this issue, we shut it down," Comcast told ZDNet and Ars. "We are conducting a thorough investigation and will take all necessary steps to ensure that this doesn't happen again." [...]
kindly refer the following link as follow up :
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1312829
