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  • The standard (automated) attacker manipulates the ‘inside’ device first (for example, it executes a JavaScript) and makes it perform an attack on the WiFi router, to which the device is connected.

    If the inside device is a windows pc and the WiFi router has it’s inside port open for administrative actions, this is an easy game. Millions of WiFi routers have been turned into bots this way.

    In your case the WiFi router is windows. This is different from the usual plastic router, but still not really a safe situation.