Federal government
In this assignment you will write a paper discussing the hacking of routers as indicated in this article by the CIA (federal governement). The idea behind this method is to compile data about commonly used routers typically used in a home environment.
Your paper analysis should evaluate the following
·Is this ethical to conduct such intercepts
·What could consumers do to protect themselves from this type of intercept
·What is your recommendation as a LAN Administrator to prevent this from happening in your environment
See article here
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The article (Merriment, 2017) proves the probability of routers being corrupted and converted into “flytraps.” The author described a “Cherry Blossom”firmware capable of intercepting-routers hence a CIA “middle man” to the connection. Its primary target is on D Link DIR-130 and Belkin, Links WRITTEN among other routers. Cherry Blossom has a feature “Windex” is capable of redirecting a browser and establish a VPN………………………
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