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Defcon announces "Router hacking" competition

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Well-known wireless router will have one more reason to feel nervous, as hackers at the annual Defconwill have to hack their products and identify vulnerabilities without any information, the so-called Zero Days.

The sponsors behind the Defcon SOHOpelessly Broken, the Independent Security Evaluators and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, are confident hackers will find vulnerabilities, as many router vendors have been accused of security negligence in the past.

A study by ISE of  routers concluded that all are vulnerable in one way or another. 11 of the routers in the study were easily hackable remotely, while in two cases, an active management session was not required.

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