The Cyber Unc1d ago

New by me: The FCC’s Router Crackdown Shouldn’t Surprise Anyone in Cybersecurity

This really did not come out of nowhere.

Consumer Wi-Fi routers have been showing up in botnets, proxy networks, and larger cybersecurity conversations for years. The FCC action is really the policy side of a problem security folks have been watching for a long time.

I wrote about the ruling, what it actually means, and why this is just as much a privacy story as it is a cybersecurity one.

https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/the-fccs-router-crackdown-shouldnt-surprise-anyone-in-cybersecurity/

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The FCC’s Router Crackdown Shouldn’t Surprise Anyone in Cybersecurity

The FCC’s latest router crackdown did not come out of nowhere. Consumer Wi-Fi routers have long been a privacy and cybersecurity risk.

CybersecKyle
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@cyberseckyle Maybe with a healthy administration and proper communication I could believe this... but this isn't a healthy administration. Can you point to a long term career official who is pushing for this? Or are we looking entirely at the corrupt officials who sit at the FCC's head?
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@Epic_Null That’s fair. I try to stay out of the political side of it and look at the security issue itself.

My point was really that consumer routers have been a weak spot for a long time, regardless of who is in charge. Weak defaults, poor patching, short support windows, and botnet abuse have all been real problems for years.

What matters most to me is whether this leads to better security standards, longer support lifecycles, and more accountability from vendors. That is the part worth watching.