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Is your router compromised? How would you know?
It's a well-known fact that consumer routers are an attractive target for hackers. For over two decades, Internet users have been purchasing their own equipment and unleashing them on home Internet connections with varying levels of expertise and skill. Now we learned lessons about default SSID and password, and unencrypted WiFi. Almost everyone knows by now, change your PSK and admin password, right? New equipment ships with unguessable credentials. That's sorted. Routers have become as powerful as computers, in terms of CPU, memory, programmability, not to mention bandwidth and connectivity. Many run Linux or some commodity embedded OS, with a simple interface on top. Routers are at the edge of your network. That means they're part of Cox's network as well as your LAN. They mediate all your traffic at home--anytime your devices communicate with one another, the router's in the middle. Routers usually have limited user interfaces and poor capabilities for logging and monitoring. Cybersecurity features may be a paid add-on. Most users want to set up their router and ignore it unless a problem occurs. They're not logging in every day, tweaking settings and using features there. They're also not monitoring security advisories for vulnerabilities. If the router self-updates to the latest firmware, that's good enough, right? Well, routers are the weakest link in your network today for these reasons and more. Consumer routers are highly prized by hacker groups, to join botnets, to run illicit services, and to drain resources away to their own purposes. This means you probably won't notice, because if your router crashes, you may reset it and deny service to those hackers. I've had 3 router compromises in the space of 12 months. One was extremely old but I'd reflashed it with DD-WRT. Yet it was obviously hacked, so I recycled the hardware. Another was a quite modern Nighthawk that was compromised at least once, perhaps twice. The first time I was able to identify, perhaps, the known vulnerabilities they used. I would never have noticed except for anomalous traffic on a third-party DNS service I'd configured. I was able to analyze those logs and supply Cox admins with the information. It honestly made my blood run cold, that I didn't know what was running or how long it had been there. I've also dealt with some abusive users who are difficult to block, because they were using "residential proxies" in Europe which are sold as a gray-market service. Residential proxies, in reality, use your home Internet connection as transit for "VPN" users. They may access porn, drugs, or just Netflix, using your bandwidth, and your IP's legitimacy as cover. Internet providers are unwilling to monitor or alert their users, much less disconnect them for botnet/hacking activity--it's not our fault, it's not easy to prevent, and we're the ones paying for service. But Cox's abuse department is vigilant, and botnet-joined devices will damage network reputation, and be reflected in blocklists/blackholes/bans. Don't wait until you are blacklisted to secure your network.0Views0likes0CommentsClass action???
Yahoo is one of the most unsecured emails. They have had many breaches in data and cyberattacks. They own your info because it is free and they are known for selling your info. I was shocked when I went to open my email and was locked out. The only option is to agree to yahoo’s terms of agreement which I will have to waive my rights. I have been a customer for cox for 15 years and I am going to drop them like a bad habit. We should file a class action against them!!!!339Views0likes10CommentsEmail Transition - Lost Outlook Subfolders
Hey all, I transitioned to Yahoo today and established credentials and everything without a hitch. (I didn't use the password generation, FYI) The problem is I cannot see my many inbox subfolders in Outlook anymore. If I log in to Yahoo webmail they're there, but they're flat-out missing in Outlook. Does anyone know of the fix for this? TIA, SteveSolved332Views0likes11CommentsYahoo Mail = bigger discount?
I'm curious if Cox is planning to slash their prices now that they've ditched their email servers and support, leaving their customers to fend off spam and ads like they're starring in their own inbox horror movie. Sure, there's a $1.99 upgrade to Yahoo+ per account, but if you've got multiple accounts, it can add up faster than a caffeinated squirrel on a sugar high. Looks like Cox is winning big time with this move, but what about the rest of us? And no, I don't want a mobile phone. I'm just trying to get my emails without needing a degree in spam warfare!24Views2likes1CommentHow to Use Cox e-mail Transitioned to Yahoo via Outlook ...
Just learned the details on how to do this - the instructions in e-mails we are getting are insufficient. Setting up yahoo account via link will only get you to the browser-based e-mail platform. This is required as the first step. Once this step is done, use these setting to set up Yahoo server in Outlook: POP access settings and instructions for Yahoo Mail | Yahoo Help - SLN4724 Old passwords will work using web-based Yahoo platform, but they will not work using outlook! New password is required to link Yahoo platform with Outlook - this is done this way: Open Yahoo page, and under Top Right-side point to You name letter next to e-mail icon and select Account - Overview Select Security - top 3rd from the left side. In the middle on the right side select: Generate and manage app passwords. Under App name enter Outlook. Yahoo will generate loooong password - Copy save it, as this will be the only time you will see it!! Paste this new password to Server Settings inside Outlook. This will link the outlook with Yahoo ... I hope this helps - it took me one hour with designated Yahoo help for Cox transition - 1-866-562-7250 Thyer are very knowledgeable and patient!1.8KViews3likes9CommentsNeed Corporate Attention
The staff that Cox sent out broke the fiber line in March, he also said some derogatory things about another customer and made age insults to my mother amongst other things. We have reported this and still have not received a call from a supervisor after promised three times. We were also over charged on our account. This is a hot mess. Cox, still waiting to hear from you!!! I guess they would rather have it posted on bigger social media platforms?!?Solved8Views0likes1Commenterror message "there was a problem connecting to pop.mail.yahoo.com".
I'm trying to add my new Yahoo email account to my Gmail email account and I keep getting this error: "there was a problem connecting to pop.mail.yahoo.com". I've checked my cox email address and my Yahoo password and scanned a number of online documents but I cannot find a solution. Any help would be appreciated150Views0likes10CommentsHelp with Yahoo and Outlook Transition
I began the move to yahoo on Thursday. I use Outlook as my primary place for looking at my emails and I have a business email address directed there via my Cox email address so I can those messages and they stay separate from my personal emails. All of my emails transferred to Yahoo, except those associated with my business email address. Outlook, after setting up the servers is only getting my main email address and folders to show up but I have over 3200 emails that are not transferring onto Outlook from Yahoo. My business email address and related folders and emails is no longer there. I spent time on phone with Yahoo and Microsoft but to date both companies just want to blame the other for fact that all of my emails are not showing up in Outlook. Can anyone help me with this issue? The transition gets a big fat "F" in my evaluation. To top it off, if you call into Cox, their system rolls the technical questions about emails over to Yahoo. So I'm still missing my emails after four plus days of trying to resolve this. I've been a customer of Cox for over 20 years. What a way to treat loyal customers.5Views0likes0Comments