125 New Flaws Found in Routers and NAS Devices from Popular Brands

The world of connected consumer electronics, IoT, and smart devices is growing faster than ever with tens of billions of connected devices streaming and sharing data wirelessly over the Internet, but how secure is it? As we connect everything from coffee maker to front-door locks and cars to the Internet, we’re creating more potential—and possibly […]

Secure your D-Link & Comba routers’ passwords; critical vulnerability found

Web application security specialists have discovered a set of vulnerabilities in D-Link and Comba WiFi routers that, if exploited, could leak the passwords of the owners. The researchers, from security firm Trustwave, discovered these five flaws, which could be considered critical.   Experts discovered two flaws in the firmware of D-Link DSL-2875AL and DSL-2877AL wireless routers. […]

Tor Router – Script to make TOR your default gateway

A tool that allow you to make TOR your default gateway and send all internet connections under TOR (as transparent proxy) for increase privacy/anonymity without extra unnecessary code. TOR Router Tor Router allow you to use TOR as a transparent proxy and send all your trafic under TOR INCLUDING DNS REQUESTS, the only that you […]

New Variant of Mirai Malware Using 13 Different Exploits to Hack Routers Including D-Link, Linksys, GPON, Netgear, Huawei

Researchers discovered a new wave of Mirai Variant that used 13 different exploits to attack various router models and other network devices. These exploits are associated with this new Mirai variant capable of launching backdoor and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Mirai malware has strong records of infecting poorly managing IoT devices and performing DDOS attacks […]

Vulnerability in Linksys routers exposes devices’ sensitive information

According to web application security testing specialists, over 25k Linksys Smart WiFi routers are impacted by a vulnerability that, if exploited, would allow hackers remote access without authentication to extensive critical resources on compromised devices. Experts comment that this incident is similar to a security flaw in the firmware of these devices emerged in 2014 […]

Millions Of Cisco Routers Worldwide Are At Risk Due To ‘Thrangrycat’ Bug

A recent report from Red Balloon pits the security of millions of Cisco Routers around the world for a serious test. The report labels the potential exploit termed as “Thrangrycat“, a Cisco Router Bug in the routers. It can be exploited to gain access to the data flowing through the huge number of Cisco devices […]

Multiple vulnerabilities affecting Sierra Wireless AirLink routers

Sierra has launched a security alert mentioning that its AirLink router model, thought for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, are exposed to the exploitation of some known vulnerabilities, reported cyber forensics course specialists. Vulnerabilities affecting AirLink devices are part of a list of 11 critical security flaws in Sierra Wireless routers, published a few days […]

Emotet Trojan Now Uses IoT And Router Devices To Evade Detection

The Emotet malware has been frequently covered here in Hackercombat since July last year. It is not uncommon for a cyber security-centered website to discuss most if not all of its infection instances since it is a very complex banking trojan which continues to receive enhancements from its authors. This time around, we will cover […]

New zero day vulnerability in TP-Link routers exposes devices to cyberattacks

Two models of TP-Link routers are exposed to the exploitation of a zero day vulnerability that allows malicious users to take control of the devices, report penetration testing course specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS). “We have discovered a zero-day vulnerability that compromises the operation of the device, exposing it to remote […]

A critical vulnerability in MikroTik routers allow hackers to deploy DoS attacks

Specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS), the best ethical hacking institute, reported the emergence of a critical vulnerability in some of the MikroTik company routers; according to the reports, the vulnerability would allow malicious hackers to deploy denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against vulnerable devices, forcing their reboot.   MikroTik is a provider of […]

Hacker Group Has Been Hacking DNS Traffic on D-Link Routers

Earlier, we had service provider playing tricks with your DNS traffic. Then, it was difficult for us to fathom unless you are an expert to figure this out. Well, the majority of the users’ have no idea something like this is happening, but it was true. For service providers playing with the DNS traceroute tool […]

Hackers Compromise iOS & Android Devices by Dropping Malware Over Hijacked WiFi Routers

Cybercriminals attempting to compromise iOS & Android devices via advanced Phishing campaign that redirect iOS users to a malicious landing page which allows attackers to collect sensitive information and the Android users are compromised with malware via Hijacked WiFi Routers. Researchers believe that the attack belongs to Roaming Mantis campaign that uses DNS hijacking attack […]

Thousands of Huawei routers are exposed to cyberattacks

In the year 2013, an Internet service provider warned Huawei about a security vulnerability in all of its domestic use routers. According to ethical hacking training experts from the IICS, the Chinese company updated only two of the models that used the compromised firmware. Currently, Huawei devices are still being used by thousands of consumers […]

Cyberattack campaign against various Cisco router models

The attacks began two days after the company corrected a critical vulnerability A critical vulnerability in various router models was recently solved by Cisco. However, according to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, only two days after the corrections were implemented, hacker groups began conducting scans and launching […]

Hackers Exploiting More than 9000 Cisco RV320/RV325 Routers After POC published in GitHub

Cybercriminals now actively exploiting 9,852 Cisco RV320/RV325 routers that are vulnerable to critical remote code execution vulnerabilities CVE-2019-1653, CVE-2019-1652. A vulnerability in the Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to retrieve sensitive information from CVE-2019-1653, and a remote attacker with administrative privileges on an affected […]

Critical vulnerabilities in Cisco routers affect thousands of companies in the entire world

The firm has already released update patches for several SMEs products The Cisco technology firm recently launched update patches to address two critical vulnerabilities present in RV320 and RV325 routers, products widely used in small businesses. According to network security specialists, the first of these failures (CVE-2019-1653) could be exploited by remote attackers to access […]

New Exploit Threatens Over 9,000 Hackable Cisco RV320/RV325 Routers Worldwide

If the connectivity and security of your organization rely on Cisco RV320 or RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN routers, then you need to immediately install the latest firmware update released by the vendor last week. Cyber attackers have actively been exploiting two newly patched high-severity router vulnerabilities in the wild after a security researcher released […]

Thousands of Orange routers are leaking WiFi passwords

This flaw would allow hackers to perform various malicious activities Cybersecurity and ethical hacking experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security Report that a critical vulnerability present in about 20k routers from the manufacturer Orange has resulted in a SSID and WiFi passwords leaking. In addition to the information leaking devices, over 2k routers […]