Update, Oct. 02, 2024: This story, originally published Sept. 30, now includes new research regarding 14 new router vulnerabilities, including a ten out of ten severity issue.

If you are reading this, you are almost certainly doing so without realizing you could be leaving the door open to hackers. New research has revealed that an astonishing 86% of broadband users have little idea about cybersecurity, or at least the security of the device they use to connect to the internet. That’s the number of people who have never changed their broadband router admin password from the factory default, and that’s a grave concern, security experts have warned. Here’s why and what you need to do about it right now.