Browsing tag
D-Link has refused to patch a serious security flaw that has affected the four models of its home routers. The vulnerability tagged as CVE-2019-16920 allows anyone to remotely execute code and gain access to the router. It has affected the following D-Link router models: D-Link DIR-655 D-Link DIR-866L D-Link DIR-652 D-Link DHP-1565 The flaw was […]
Cisco has just released a new set of security updates for the Cisco IOS Software IOx application. According to ethical hacking specialists, these updates fix a vulnerability that, if exploited, would allow remote threat actors without authentication to access the guest operating system (Guest OS) as a root user. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-12648, exists […]
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. […]
Web application security course specialists have reported a critical vulnerability in the Cisco 1001-X series router that, if exploited, would allow threat actors to take control of any compromised device, putting all data that pass through the router at risk. Unlike domestic routers, the Cisco 1001-X is a much larger and expensive device, designed for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
New research reveals that Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) implemented 277,000 Connected Devices are vulnerable to malicious proxy system UPnProxy , a dubbed EternalSilence NSA hacking tool arsenal. UPnP is a feature that allows the devices on your network to discover each other and allow to access certain services. Often, this is used for streaming media between devices on a network. […]
Researchers from the Silesian University of Technology in Poland discovered several flaws that could be exploited to take control over some models of D-Link routers A group of digital forensics investigators from the Silesian University of Technology in Poland reported the founding of three vulnerabilities in some D-Link router models that could be chained to take full control over […]
Five out of six brand routers such as Linksys, NETGEAR, and D-Link, contain known open-source vulnerabilities Experts in digital forensics report an exorbitant figure regarding to the use of domestic and organizational tasks routers, since 83% of these devices contain vulnerabilities that could be exploited to deploy numerous cyberattacks. Of vulnerable routers, more than a quarter contain critical and high-risk vulnerabilities, according to a report published this week […]
Last May, the Justice Department asked US citizens to restart their routers, but there are still things to do The Russian army is present within hundreds of thousands of routers owned by Americans and from other parts of the world, a U.S. security official said on Friday. The presence of Russian malware on the routers, […]
Cybercriminals infecting over 1,50,000 MikroTik Routers using Coinhive Cryptojacking Campaign using site key to ultimately mining the cryptocurrency. Based on the Shodan query returns and the site key that used by an attacker for those devices indicates that it mainly focused on Brazil. In this case, one of the users from Brazil complains that CoinHive code injects […]
After an investigation, security professionals have found a backdoor account in the firmware of the D-Link DIR-620 routers; this allows malicious actors to take over any device accessible through the Internet. This backdoor, was found by Kaspersky Lab’s information security experts, the backdoor grants access to the device’s web panel, and there is no way that device […]
Hackers infected more than 500,000 in at least 54 countries with a potentially destructive malware dubbed VPNFilter malware. It is a multi-stage malware that supports both data gathering and destructive cyber attack operations. Now the malware actively targeting Ukraine hosts at a rapid phase. According to Talos researchers who uncovered VPNFilter malware, this is a […]
Do you have got NightHawk R7000 Netgear router? Netgear router firmware launched a new firmware update last week for the wi-fi router model NightHawk R7000. Protection professionals found that it covered a faraway facts collection function that collects router’s analytics information and sends it to the seller (employer’s server). Also Read: Netgear offering $15,000 in […]
The IT security researchers have discovered that more than 20 different Linksys’ routers models are leaving thousands of devices vulnerable to outside attacks. Tao Sauvage, a senior security consultant for IOActive, along with Antide Petit, an independent researcher, published the existence of these bugs that were first discovered last year. The blog post states than about 10 […]
Programming blunders allow miscreants to snatch home gateways’ admin passwords. Researchers are warning of a serious security hole that can be exploited to hijack potentially hundreds of thousands of Netgear routers. The programming blunder allows an attacker with access to the router to harvest the administrator access password. A victim could visit a malicious webpage […]
DNSChanger causes network computers to visit fraudulent domains. As you read these words, malicious ads on legitimate websites are targeting visitors with malware. But that malware doesn’t infect their computers, researchers said. Instead, it causes unsecured routers to connect to fraudulent domains. Using a technique known as steganography, the ads hide malicious code in image […]
Security flaws are plaguing devices one-by-one and network routers are the latest to bear the brunt of such flaws as lately, security flaws in routers are being exploited by attackers with extreme enthusiasm. Their aim is to exploit the flaws and launch massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) DDoS attacks for bombarding networks with traffic and shutting the […]
Attacks against home routers have been going around for years—from malware that rigs routers to DNS rebinding attacks and backdoors, among others. Just last year one of our researchers reported a Domain Name System (DNS) changer malware that redirected users to malicious pages when they visited specific websites. This enabled cyber crooks to get hold of the […]
System from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab enables single WiFi access point that can locate users within tens of centimeters. We all love it totally when we hear about new WiFi routers that offer extensive range and far-reaching signals. But the likeliness of our WiFi network reaching the premises of our neighbors’ home […]