Security News > 2020 > July > Report: Most Popular Home Routers Have ‘Critical’ Flaws

A security review of 127 popular home routers found most contained at least one critical security flaw, according to researchers.

On average, the routers analyzed-by vendors such as D-Link, Netgear, ASUS, Linksys, TP-Link and Zyxel-were affected by 53 critical-rated vulnerabilities, with even the most "Secure" device of the bunch having 21 CVEs, according to the report.

Researchers examined the routers based on several key aspects: device updates, version of operating system and any known critical vulnerabilities affecting them; exploit mitigation techniques by vendors and how often they activate them; the existence of private cryptographic key material in the router's firmware; and the existence of hard-coded login credentials.

"Much more effort is needed to make home routers as secure as current desktop or server systems."

Among the routers examined, those from D-Link, Linksys, TP-Linkand Zyxel fared the worst in terms of how well common security aspects were addressed out of the box, according to the report.

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https://threatpost.com/report-most-popular-home-routers-have-critical-flaws/157346/