Cisco Warns that 77 routers are vulnerable to new drive-by pharming attack

[Steve]

Cisco Systems has advised its customers that 77 of its routers are vulnerable to a new form of attack called drive-by pharming.Researchers at security company Symantec first warned users about the new type of attack last week, calling for all users -- both home and commercial -- to change the default user name and password on their routers if they hadn't already done so. Running the routers with the out-of-the-box password leaves users open to attack.Symantec's Zulfikar Ramzan posted an online warning that hackers are lacing phony Web sites with malicious code that actually will log into and mess with broadband routers. He's coined a term for it: Drive-By Pharming.

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