‘Cherry Blossom’ hacking tool
(federal government)
In this assignment you will write a paper discussing the hacking of routers as indicated in this article by the CIA (federal governement). The idea behind this method is to compile data about commonly used routers typically used in a home environment.
Your paper analysis should evaluate the following
·Is this ethical to conduct such intercepts
·What could consumers do to protect themselves from this type of intercept
·What is your recommendation as a LAN Administrator to prevent this from happening in your environment
See article here
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The article (Merriman, 2017) proves the probability of routers being corrupted and converted into “flytraps.” The author described a “Cherry Blossom”firmware capable of interceptingrouters hence a CIA “middle man” to the connection. Its primary target is on DLink DIR-130 and Belkin, Linksys WRT300N among other routers. Cherry Blossom has a feature “Windex” is capable of redirecting a browser and establish a VPN enabling it to access the LAN and devices of the victim, as well as proxies to internet connections of the CIA’s preference. This paper will discuss the intercepting issue, how to safeguard against it and give some recommendation on the matter………………………words 396