topic Re: Being invaded in Nest Wifi

Being invaded

Natona930 — Sun, 15 May 2022 13:00:19 GMT

Getting hacked and avoided please help.

Re: Being invaded

Anonymous — Sun, 15 May 2022 13:59:47 GMT

What makes you think you are being hacked?

Some preventive measures would be to change the Wi-Fi passeord if you see devices in the device list you don't recognize:

https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/6273434?hl=en

Beware that devices you don't recognize could also be devices using MAC randomization:

https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Nest-Wifi/Nest-Wifi-restrict-device-via-MAC-address/m-p/23169/highlight/true#M2178

And disable UPnP if you don't need it.

Re: Being invaded

Jeff — Wed, 18 May 2022 20:16:01 GMT

Hi, Natona930.
I just wanted to jump in real fast to see if you saw olavrb's reply and to see if you still needed some help on this or if you were able to get it sorted out. If you are still needing some help, just let us know and we'll be happy to continue helping.
Thanks.

Re: Being invaded

Natona930 — Wed, 18 May 2022 20:38:44 GMT

Right now running a newer alien ware laptop and my son has a desktop same. Also I do a lot of plc work and 3d printing

Probably why interested in home automation. So I have and run different 3 and 4 and zero rpis. It seems like they are using the esp32 serial connections on many devices to get in. But when the pointer is moving by itself and programs are opening and closing themselves. Or every time I write a new boot disk I find stuff like fake roots and others on there. So can't even finish any projects like ai robot making for some.

Re: Being invaded

Jeff — Tue, 24 May 2022 16:24:32 GMT

Hi, Natona930.

From the sound of your description, I don't believe the Nest WiFi security settings are set to handle the issues you're having. I would suggest looking into a more robust 3rd party firewall service or network security package. The Nest WiFi can limit what connects directly to your network, but if you're having incursions through already connected devices, that starts to get far more complicated to manage.

Thanks.

Re: Being invaded

Jeff — Fri, 27 May 2022 19:27:28 GMT

Hi, Natona930.

I'm just following up to see if you saw my reply and to see if you had any questions about that. If so, just let me know.

Thanks.

Re: Being invaded

Jeff — Tue, 31 May 2022 17:03:01 GMT

Hi, everyone.
Just one quick final check in here since activity has slowed down. We'll be locking the thread in the next 24 hours, but if you still need help, I would be happy to keep it open. If there's more we can do, just let me know.
Thanks.

Re: Being invaded

Jeff — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 17:54:24 GMT

Hi, everyone.
As we haven't had any activity here recently I'm going to go ahead and close the thread. If you have more to add, feel free to start a new discussion.
Thanks