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IP Reputation attack
I have a Seagate Harddrive attched to my Xfi that contains music for my Sonos system also connected. Starting today I have recieved 35 threat messages that says Comcast has blocked malicious from China, Moldova and the US. All within the past 3 hours. I click help me fix it and it says to restart the device, which I did. I also restarted the xFi. It also says to update the firmwear, which on the Seagate says is up to date and then to isolate it. I turned it off, but now cannot listed to music. What going on here? How is my external HD being attacked?
EG
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111.6K Messages
5 years ago
Just disable the Xfi Advanced Security feature for now as a workaround. It's buggy ! And there is currently no way for an end user to whitelist anything;
https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/using-xfinity-xfi-advanced-security
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dmoceri586
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3 Messages
5 years ago
hey was just trying to help... and yes he could ignore it and still have attacks behind the scenes or people trying to get into his pc, yes that is an option too.
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Zalastar
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10 Messages
5 years ago
Sorry to see you go. In spite of all this I really do like the Xfi system for its total integration. I just use an additional router, like the Linksys you are talking about, to create an additional , more secure subnet. I feel as a community we need to keep pushing Comcast / Xfinity to make improvements to their system and be transparent on relevent issues
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Slyng1
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4 years ago
Not sure if this idea has been shared, but I believe one of the reasons for these "reputation attacks" is that many of our devices use a default username such as "admin". So some of these devices are susceptible to brute-force attacks. My theory is that if you update your devices to get rid of this default account your app will stop alerting you to these attacks because they'll happen less. For me, this issue was caused by my default acct on my Synology NAS (DS920+).
With Synology you can disable this account through the Diskstation software. For others, such as the router itself, i belive this is an option as well.
anyway, not an IT guy, but figured this explanation might help people looking for a solution to all these "threats being detected" on their xfi app.
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MNtundraRET
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4 years ago
Replying to a year old post. Post is being closed.
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