- Jun 9, 2013
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IF YOU have noticed your Wi-Fi is suspiciously slow, your dubious internet history might be to blame. Here is everything you need to know to fix the issue.
HAVE you spotted your Wi-Fi running suspiciously slowly or noticed your web-connected home gadgets crashing for no reason?
There’s a chance that your router, smartphone or even baby monitor might be a “zombie” that’s playing a part in a worldwide criminal network, reports The Sun.
Laptops and webcams are just a few of the gadgets that hackers are able to remotely take over and form “bot” networks or “botnets” made up of millions of hijacked devices.
These botnets seize control of internet-connected gadgets and put them to work spreading malware, generating spam and committing credit card fraud across the world.
In 2016, more than 6.7 million gadgets around the world were hijacked for these nefarious purposes.
Hackers can turn gadgets into botnets by infecting them with malware — something easily picked up while visiting a dodgy (read: porn) website or clicking on a pop-up advert — and victims will have absolutely no idea it’s happened.
Full Article. The scary reason your Wi-Fi is slow
HAVE you spotted your Wi-Fi running suspiciously slowly or noticed your web-connected home gadgets crashing for no reason?
There’s a chance that your router, smartphone or even baby monitor might be a “zombie” that’s playing a part in a worldwide criminal network, reports The Sun.
Laptops and webcams are just a few of the gadgets that hackers are able to remotely take over and form “bot” networks or “botnets” made up of millions of hijacked devices.
These botnets seize control of internet-connected gadgets and put them to work spreading malware, generating spam and committing credit card fraud across the world.
In 2016, more than 6.7 million gadgets around the world were hijacked for these nefarious purposes.
Hackers can turn gadgets into botnets by infecting them with malware — something easily picked up while visiting a dodgy (read: porn) website or clicking on a pop-up advert — and victims will have absolutely no idea it’s happened.
Full Article. The scary reason your Wi-Fi is slow
