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Mozi, a peer-to-peer botnet known to target IoT devices, has gained new capabilities that allow it to achieve persistence on network gateways manufactured by Netgear, Huawei, and ZTE, according to new findings. "Network gateways are a particularly juicy target for adversaries because they are ideal as initial access points to corporate networks," researchers at Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence Center and Section 52 at Azure Defender for IoT said in a technical write-up.

NETGEAR announced another milestone for the popular M4250 and M4300 Pro AV series switches. AV technology innovator, Extron, has certified these versatile switches to work seamlessly with their powerful NAV Series of Pro AV over IP products creating a powerful solution for today's IP-based AV workflows.

NETGEAR announced more protective NETGEAR Armor capabilities with advanced security and threat detection for the smart connected home. The enhanced NETGEAR Armor built into most Orbi and Nighthawk routers provides a protective bubble for connected devices in a home network, helping consumers stay safe from hackers, malware and viruses.

Netgear has patched serious security vulnerabilities in its DGN2200v1 network router, following the discovery of "Very odd behaviour" by a Microsoft security research team - a somewhat understated way of saying that attackers can gain "Complete control over the router." As a result, it's possible for remote attackers to take over the router at any time - as discovered by members of the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team.

Netgear has patched serious security vulnerabilities in its DGN2200v1 network router, following the discovery of "Very odd behaviour" by a Microsoft security research team - a somewhat understated way of saying that attackers can gain "Complete control over the router." As a result, it's possible for remote attackers to take over the router at any time - as discovered by members of the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team.

Security researchers at Microsoft are flagging multiple gaping security holes in firmware shipped on NETGEAR routers, warning that exploitation could lead to identity theft and full system compromise. The three vulnerabilities, rated critical by NETGEAR, affect the firmware on NETGEAR DGN-2200v1 series routers.

Netgear has patched three bugs in one of its router families that, if exploited, can allow threat actors to bypass authentication to breach corporate networks and steal data and credentials. Microsoft security researchers discovered the bugs in Netgear DGN-2200v1 series routers while they were researching device fingerprinting, Microsoft 365 Defender research team's Jonathan Bar Or said in a blog post, posted Wednesday.

NETGEAR announced the availability of the fourth member in its Insight Managed WiFi 6 Access Points, the Insight Managed WiFi 6 AX6000 Tri-band Multi-gig Access Point, designed to provide the ultimate WiFi performance for small and medium businesses. This new tri-band access point brings next-generation premium WiFi 6 performance to small and medium businesses, delivering up to 40% higher1 speeds to each connected device as compared to WiFi 5.

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed critical security vulnerabilities affecting NETGEAR DGN2200v1 series routers, which they say could be reliably abused as a jumping-off point to compromise a network's security and gain unfettered access. The three HTTPd authentication security weaknesses impact routers running firmware versions prior to v1.0.0.60, and have since been fixed by the company in December 2020 as part of a coordinated vulnerability disclosure process.

Attackers could use critical firmware vulnerabilities discovered by Microsoft in some NETGEAR router models as a stepping stone to move laterally within enterprise networks. They allow unauthenticated attackers to access unpatched routers' management pages via authentication bypass, gain access to secrets stored on the device, and derive saved router credentials using a cryptographic side-channel attack.