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Grab this VPN-protected Netgear privacy router at $54 off MSRP today

The FlashRouters Netgear R6400 DD-WRT VPN Privacy Router offers amazing wireless speed, and it comes with VPN features built in. It's normally $274, but you can get it today for just $219.99.
- BleepingComputer Deals
- December 13, 2021
- 07:27 AM
- 0
Hundreds of thousands of MikroTik devices still vulnerable to botnets

Approximately 300,000 MikroTik routers are vulnerable to critical vulnerabilities that malware botnets can exploit for cryptomining and DDoS attacks.
- Bill Toulas
- December 09, 2021
- 06:00 AM
- 1
Nine WiFi routers used by millions were vulnerable to 226 flaws

Security researchers analyzed nine popular WiFi routers and found a total of 226 potential vulnerabilities in them, even when running the latest firmware.
- Bill Toulas
- December 02, 2021
- 09:30 AM
- 5
BotenaGo botnet targets millions of IoT devices with 33 exploits

A new BotenaGo malware botnet has been discovered using over thirty exploits to attack millions of routers and IoT devices.
- Bill Toulas
- November 11, 2021
- 03:41 PM
- 0
Sonos, HP, and Canon devices hacked at Pwn2Own Austin 2021

During the first day of Pwn2Own Austin 2021, contestants won $362,500 after exploiting previously unknown security flaws to hack printers, routers, NAS devices, and speakers from Canon, HP, Western Digital, Cisco, Sonos, TP-Link, and NETGEAR.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 03, 2021
- 09:58 AM
- 0
Netgear fixes dangerous code execution bug in multiple routers

Netgear has fixed a high severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability found in the Circle parental control service, which runs with root permissions on almost a dozen modern Small Offices/Home Offices (SOHO) Netgear routers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 21, 2021
- 11:24 AM
- 0
Botnet targets hundreds of thousands of devices using Realtek SDK

A Mirai-based botnet now targets a critical vulnerability in the software SDK used by hundreds of thousands of Realtek-based devices, encompassing 200 models from at least 65 vendors, including Asus, Belkin, D-Link, Netgear, Tenda, ZTE, and Zyxel.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 23, 2021
- 04:14 PM
- 0
Cisco won’t fix zero-day RCE vulnerability in end-of-life VPN routers

In a security advisory published on Wednesday, Cisco said that a critical vulnerability in Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP) service of multiple small business VPN routers will not be patched because the devices have reached end-of-life.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 19, 2021
- 03:08 AM
- 2
Actively exploited bug bypasses authentication on millions of routers

Threat actors actively exploit a critical authentication bypass vulnerability impacting home routers with Arcadyan firmware to take them over and deploy Mirai botnet malicious payloads.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 07, 2021
- 10:10 AM
- 0
Cisco fixes critical, high severity pre-auth flaws in VPN routers

Cisco has addressed pre-auth security vulnerabilities impacting multiple Small Business VPN routers and allowing remote attackers to trigger a denial of service condition or execute commands and arbitrary code on vulnerable devices.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 04, 2021
- 03:20 PM
- 0
Microsoft finds Netgear router bugs enabling corporate breaches

Attackers could use critical firmware vulnerabilities discovered by Microsoft in some NETGEAR router models as a stepping stone to move laterally within enterprise networks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 30, 2021
- 02:14 PM
- 2
This highly-rated dual band gigabit Wi-Fi router is just $99 today

Featuring dual bands and seven powerful antennas, the Tenda AC23 Smart WiFi Router is capable of speeding up any home network. It's usually priced at $139, but you can pick up this device today for just $99
- BleepingComputer Deals
- May 21, 2021
- 07:22 AM
- 0
Comcast now blocks BGP hijacking attacks and route leaks with RPKI

Comcast, one of America's largest broadband providers, has now deployed RPKI on its network to defend against BGP route hijacks and leaks. Left unchecked, a BGP route hijack or leak can cause a drastic surge in internet traffic that now gets misdirected or stuck, leading to global congestion and a Denial of Service (DoS).
- Ax Sharma
- May 20, 2021
- 03:16 PM
- 0
New ZHtrap botnet malware deploys honeypots to find more targets

A new botnet is hunting down and transforming unpatched routers, DVRs, and UPnP network devices it takes over into honeypots that help it find other devices to infect.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 12, 2021
- 11:14 AM
- 0
D-Link VPN routers get patch for remote command injection bugs

A vulnerability in D-link firmware powering multiple routers with VPN passthrough functionality allows attackers to take full control of the device.
- Ionut Ilascu
- December 08, 2020
- 09:02 AM
- 0
Belden networking giant's company data stolen in cyberattack

Network device manufacturer Belden was hit with a cyberattack that allowed threat actors to steal files containing information about employees and business partners.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 25, 2020
- 10:18 AM
- 0
Cisco warns of attacks targeting high severity router vulnerability

Cisco today warned of attacks actively targeting the CVE-2020-3118 high severity vulnerability found to affect multiple carrier-grade routers that run the company's Cisco IOS XR Software.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 20, 2020
- 06:02 PM
- 0
Cisco fixes actively exploited bugs in carrier-grade routers

Cisco fixed two actively exploited memory exhaustion DoS vulnerabilities found in the IOS XR software that runs on multiple carrier-grade routers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 29, 2020
- 01:49 PM
- 0
Cisco warns of actively exploited bugs in carrier-grade routers

Cisco warned over the weekend that threat actors are trying to exploit two high severity memory exhaustion denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities in the company's Cisco IOS XR software that runs on carrier-grade routers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 01, 2020
- 09:00 AM
- 0
5 severe D-Link router vulnerabilities disclosed, patch now

5 severe D-Link vulnerabilities have been disclosed that could allow an attacker to take complete control over a router without needing to login.
- Ax Sharma
- July 24, 2020
- 08:15 AM
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