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2019-06-18 10:00
Several TP-Link Wi-Fi extender devices sport a critical remote code execution vulnerability that could allow attackers to take over the devices and command them with the same privileges of their legitimate user, IBM X-Force researcher Grzegorz Wypych warns. Aside from making the device part of a botnet, attackers could carry out sophisticated malicious activity by executing any shell command on the device’s operating system. “An attacker compromising this type of device, and the device being … More → The post Vulnerable TP-Link Wi-Fi extenders open to attack, patch now! appeared first on Help Net Security.
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