For this to happen first the user would have to visit the malicious web site that and their PC be infected with the JavaDrive-by Web attack aimed at home routers:That’s what researchers at Symantec Corp.¬† and Indiana University are saying, after publishing the results of tests that show how attackers could take over your home router using malicious JavaScript code.For the attack to work, the bad guys would need a couple of things to go their way.¬† First, the victim would have to visit a malicious Web site that served up the JavaScript.¬† Second, the victim’s router would have to still use the default password that it’s pre-configured with it out of the box.
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