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Mia Colabrese2021-11-24T09:42:37-05:00September 28th, 2015|

Hacked - Are you sure you're secure? Security has the been a hot topic lately. As I’m writing this article I think about all of the recent events that we hear about impacting our daily lives such as: Hacks of OPM databases compromised 22.1 million people Experts warn 2015 could be 'Year of the Healthcare Hack - reuters.com' Cost of a Potential Blackout From Cybercrime: $1 Trillion - CNBC These headlines are really quite scary. I’m certain that some, possibly many of you have experienced security issues first hand.

DOCSIS Security | Uncapping Cable Modems

Mia Colabrese2012-08-14T10:57:21-04:00August 14th, 2012|

So what is uncapping cable modems? Uncapping cable modems refers to activities performed to alter a DOCSIS cable modems settings. Plain and simple someone is messing with the cable modem's configuration file to get what they want. So what do they want? Greater bandwidth (the need for speed), wanting more than one public IP, or any other configurable options a DOCSIS modem can offer. Maybe they just want to prove they can do it and or feel they are getting the shaft from their cable provider. Really the psychology of people is

Hacked – Are You Sure You’re Secure?

DOCSIS Security | Uncapping Cable Modems