Category: Routers

Asus router users have taken to the Internet to post dissatisfaction about their hardware following apparent outages as the devices ran out of memory and froze, but this now looks to be fixed. It looks like a corrupt ASD file was the cause of the issue, which caused the routers to run out of filesystem […]

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Cisco says it has fixed four high-severity vulnerabilities which could have allowed threat actors to remotely hijack network switches (opens in new tab) for small businesses.  In a security advisory published by the company’s Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), hackers could abuse flaws in the web user interface to run arbitrary code with root […]

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New statistics have uncovered how at risk many of us are when working at home thanks to poorly secured Wi-Fi networks. The study by security router company pcWRT found that 73% failed to change the default password that came with the router for accessing the network’s settings. Similarly, 73% failed to change the SSID password […]

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Cybersecurity researchers from Check Point Research (CPR) have discovered a new backdoor for home and office routers (opens in new tab). The backdoor, named Horse Shell, allows threat actors full control of the infected endpoint, the researchers say, as well as letting them stay hidden and giving access to the wider network.  According to CPR, […]

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Amazon might be brilliant at finding new ways for us to order more stuff from its vast online store, but it also likes to dabble in ludicrous smart home products that are divorced from reality. Unfortunately, some new leaked documents suggest it’s up to those tricks again with the development of an AI-powered home robot. […]

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The new ATSC 3.0 digital TV standard (aka, NextGen TV) has been slowly making its way to TV stations across the US, with 69 markets serving 60% of US viewers having already made the transition to the next-gen broadcasting standard. But even with the majority of US households in reach of an upgraded TV station, […]

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The Zyxel SCR 50AXE marks the manufacturer’s move towards the larger scale implementation of the WiFi 6E features into its networking devices, and, while initially a bit shy with just a couple of wireless access points, this time, it’s a security router. The Zyxel SCR 50AXE is Cloud-managed, so it is supposed to work with […]

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The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning businesses to patch TP-Link routers which are being actively targeted by malicious actors looking to recruit them into the Mirai botnet. “These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise.” the security advisory […]

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Experts have detected a high-severity security flaw in certain TP-Link Wi-Fi routers (opens in new tab) that’s currently being used to hijack the devices and recruit them into a vast botnet that would later be used for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. A report from the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), a program created to […]

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What is public Wi-Fi? We’re all familiar with Wi-Fi, and the convenience it affords. Technically, Wi-Fi refers to a technology that enables computers and other devices to connect to the Internet and communicate wirelessly. Wi-Fi is configured using a wireless adapter to create a “hotspot.” Once a connection is established, users within range of the […]

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