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DEF CON 32 - Hacking Millions of Modems and Investigating Who Hacked My Modem - Sam Curry
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- Presented by Sam Curry, security researcher
Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.
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Sam Curry explains how he investigated a hack on his own modem and uncovered a vulnerability affecting millions of ISP-managed broadband devices.
On December 25th, 2021, I discovered that my modem had been hacked after a strange IP address replayed my traffic. I began researching who they were, how it happened, and eventually discovered a vulnerability which allowed me to passively monitor, change configurations, and execute commands on millions of devices. This talk details 3 years of intermittent web research on ISP security and how broadband equipment is becoming scarily centralized.Why it's here
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