A recent survey of 2,205 regular users has proven once again that most people don’t update router firmware, don’t change default credentials, and don’t generally know how to secure their devices. For the past two-three years, there has been a deluge of news articles and research papers detailing large botnets built by exploiting router vulnerabilities and by hijacking devices still running default login credentials. These are the two main methods exploited by attackers.
ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer