Next time you click “send” on an e-mail, how sure are you that it will go
where you want it to? Hackers now have the means to re-route Internet traffic or
crash servers by exploiting a flaw in a computer networking language called
Simple Network Management Protocol. On the Internet, SNMP is used to remotely
control pieces of hardware such as routers and switches, which pass data between
different networks. But according to the US Computer Emergency Response Team,
hackers can “confuse” the recipient hardware by making simple programming
changes to SNMP messages, either crashing it or allowing unauthorised users…
To continue reading, today with our introductory offers
Advertisement
More from 51¶¯Âþ
Explore the latest news, articles and features
Popular articles
Trending 51¶¯Âþ articles
1
Mathematicians stunned by AI's biggest breakthrough in mathematics yet
2
Photos reveal unexpected details from the world's first atomic test
3
The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins’s evolution classic still holds up
4
How I used psychology to come back from the worst year of my life
5
The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life
6
The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away
7
Epic dreaming is leaving people exhausted and distressed
8
The 3 things you need to know about protein, according to an expert
9
Putting CO2 into rocks and getting hydrogen out is climate double win
10
Women’s better memories may delay Alzheimer’s diagnosis by years
