Buried detail: the modem has a malicious kernel module to inject ads into plain http sites.
keyplyr
8:57 pm on Sep 4, 2017 (gmt 0)
AFAIK *all* modems furnished by your ISP will have that back-door. That's how they access the modem for setup and support.
However saying they all have a "malicious kernel module to inject ads into plain http sites" is a naive statement from the poster who doesn't seems to understand what's going on here. Possibly *his* modem has been infected. That's not to say "everyone's" modem has been infected.
But I agree. That back door should be more secure and needs to be updated.
Routers & modems, or combination router/modems are very high risk hardware for a multitude of vulnerabilities. These are favored to drone malicious botnets and spread viruses. The user never sees any symptoms and routers/modems don't run anti-virus or malware software to prevent it.
I always buy a standalone router/modem for an independent source, then configure the settings myself, always setting up a mask.
