Bolstering your home security often means door locks, alarm systems and security cameras, but a recent hack of 14,000 home routers shows you need to protect your home internet network too.
Selecting a Wi-Fi router with the latest security protocols and keeping your home network locked down are essential to preventing you from inadvertently helping a major cybercrime network.
If your Wi-Fi network isn’t properly secured, you could be leaving your Wi-Fi wide open to hackers, data thieves and other digital threats. When your home network is breached, strangers could control connected devices, install malicious software or access your sensitive data, such as credit card numbers and camera feeds.
Maintaining a secure home network can also protect against unwanted or unauthorized people and devices slowing down your connection by freeloading on your internet service. The good news is that improving your network security isn’t as complex as you may think.
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