Wi-Fi security – routers “like fish in a barrel”

Researchers flexed their hacking muscles at DefCon 22 for a hunting competition against the technology world’s most defenseless beasts – routers. Sure enough, more than a dozen new vulnerabilities were found.

PC World described the devices – the portal into most home networks – as “insecure as ever” as hackers romped through challenges against big-brand devices from Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, Belkin and others.

Wi-Fi security – routers “like fish in a barrel”