Sam Curry: How I Hacked Millions of Modems — and Tried to Figure Out Who Hacked Mine
A DEF CON 32 talk where security researcher Sam Curry describes how he discovered his home modem was intercepting and replaying internet requests.
While investigating the issue, he analyzed the infrastructure of Cox Communications and uncovered a vulnerability in an internal modem management API.
The flaw allowed access to customer data, retrieval of device MAC addresses, and sending commands to modems — potentially enabling control over millions of devices.
While investigating the issue, he analyzed the infrastructure of Cox Communications and uncovered a vulnerability in an internal modem management API.
The flaw allowed access to customer data, retrieval of device MAC addresses, and sending commands to modems — potentially enabling control over millions of devices.