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Two security questions about suspicious behavior with cable modem/router
Hi, I have two separate questions: 1) I got a new Nighthawk C7000 Cable Modem Router and set it all up and then mysteriously a few days later I notice under the "Attached Devices" screen there i...
I am curious to know if any of the forum administrators can explain to me why it is that my Nighthawk registered a [DoS attack: TCP- or UDP-based Port Scan] at 12:20 PST today, less than 4 hours after my original post. Should I not have come to the official Netgear community forums with my real IP? Did I need to fire up TOR or a VPN just to come here?
Seriously, it is extremely rare for me to register a Port Scan hit and I belong to many different forums and communities where I expose my real IP. I really don't think it is a coincidence that less than 4 hours after making the original post my Nighthawk registers a Port Scan. I'm not going to tell you the IP that it came from (although I'm pretty sure whoever did it probably wasn't using their real IP) but I will say at least that the Port Scan originated from the Seychelles which is in Africa.
Any of the forum moderators from the Seychelles? In any case, do you care to let me know the results of your Port Scan against me hm?
Hello Person1
No moderator would be doing port scans on your Ip. As for the Readyshare do you have any USB drives or printers hooked up to your modem?
DarrenM
- Okay thanks for responding. I guess it's just a real coincidence then (about the IP scan). I'm willing to ignore that. The answer to what you asked is: No I don't have any USB drives or printers hooked up to my modem at all. Not ever. About the other point I raised, do you have any feedback regarding the "SW download" to my modem and the subsequent disappearance of the log entry that recorded it?
Hello Person1
The only thing I could thing of with the download is the ISP was pushing some type of update to the modem to update the bootfile or the firmware.
DarrenM
