Virgin Media SuperHub: 7 second security flaw

[scottish]

Well as of recent years, instead of leaving the WiFi unsecure as default they add some security to it with a random generated key and print the key on a sticker and put it on the router

So they could very easily do the same for the password, even if it means 1000 routers have the same password then the next 1000, or 100 or whatever they do with the wifi.



Just a matter of changing the password to the random generated one.

Simples

[Jack!]

I have the default password but I have mac filtering enabled on the connection, would that make a difference?

[scottish]

Should do, says it allows connection during the 7 seconds but not bypassing filters.

[xxMATTGxx]

They just tweeted me the following:

@mattgarner Hi Matt. We'll be rolling out an update to firmware very soon. We encourage all customers to change their default passwords on install. Follow our simple guide here: http://virg.in/sh2pass