FBI tells router users to reboot now to kill malware infecting 500k devices

Friday, May 25th, 2018

The FBI is advising users of consumer-grade routers and network-attached storage devices to reboot them as soon as possible to counter Russian-engineered malware that has infected hundreds of thousands devices. Researchers from Cisco’s Talos security team first disclosed the existence of the malware on Wednesday. The detailed report said the malware ...

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Researcher discloses 10 D-Link zero-day router flaws

Monday, September 11th, 2017

When a zero-day vulnerability becomes public, of which by its nature no patches or fixes are available at the time, one is enough for vendors to come to terms with in order to rapidly devise a solution. D-Link now has 10 such previously-unknown bugs on its plate to fix. Last week, security ...

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Advanced CIA firmware has been infecting Wi-Fi routers for years

Thursday, June 15th, 2017

Home routers from 10 manufacturers, including Linksys, DLink, and Belkin, can be turned into covert listening posts that allow the Central Intelligence Agency to monitor and manipulate incoming and outgoing traffic and infect connected devices. That's according to secret documents posted Thursday by WikiLeaks. CherryBlossom, as the implant is code-named, can ...

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Easy-to-exploit authentication bypass flaw puts Netgear routers at risk

Wednesday, February 1st, 2017

For the past half year Netgear has been working on fixing a serious and easy-to-exploit vulnerability in many of its routers. And it's still not done. While Netgear has worked to fix the issue, the list of affected router models increased to 30, of which only 20 have firmware fixes available ...

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CERT advises users to ‘discontinue use’ of two Netgear routers due to major security flaw

Saturday, December 10th, 2016

In a major setback for Netgear, it appears that at least two of its high-end routers may contain a severe security flaw according to an advisory issued by CERT. The vulnerability itself is incredibly easy to leverage and simply relies upon accessing a specially crafted URL in the following format from ...

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