Is it true that your house WiFi make use of a default password? It drives it to alter. It drives them to shut.
To pros, this looks like the job of a hacker vigilante that is well intentioned. Prohibited, yes.
“We never have found any malicious action whatsoever,” said Symantec risk intelligence officer Val Saengphaibul. It is getting computers on a network with no owner’s permission.”
To date, it’s crept into at least 10,000 Internet-connected devices, generally WiFi routers.
Ifwatch popped up when an something amazing was spotted by an independent security researcher in a house WiFi router.
Does Ifwatch look fine? As it attempts to kill any malware in your router. In addition, it gives your apparatus automatic, friendly upgrades that shield it from computer viruses. Sometimes, it drives a device to reboot weekly, clearing away any malware that is dangerous.
On the other hand, there is no telling if this intrusive software is truly benign as it appears. Ifwatch has the power to track what is happening in your router — and get that information.
In theory, it might spy on you. When you are prompted to sort in a password that is new, it is difficult to tell if that remains private.
“We don’t have any idea who’s behind this — or what their total intent is,” Saengphaibul said.
However there is a hint.
This altruistic hack may be an effort to enhance the solitude of everyone’s. Or perhaps it is simply a deflection that is very intelligent.