Security News

New Mirai Variant Targets Routers, Knocks 900,000 Offline (Threatpost)
2016-11-29 19:17

Attackers are targeting DSL routers this week with what's being called a potent new variant of the Mirai malware that knocked offline major Internet companies like Twitter and Spotify last month.

Deutsche Telekom confirms malware attack on its routers (Help Net Security)
2016-11-29 00:09

German telecom and ISP giant Deutsche Telekom has confirmed that the connectivity problems some 900,000 of its customers experienced on Sunday are the result of a hack attempt. “Following the...

Cisco Patches Critical Bugs in 900 Series Routers, Prime Home Server (Threatpost)
2016-11-03 15:06

Cisco Systems has issued two critical advisories addressing flaws in its 900 Series Routers and its Cisco Prime Home server.

New Linksys WRT3200ACM open source Wi-Fi router is optimization ready (Help Net Security)
2016-10-14 13:00

Linksys announced the next generation of its one and only WRT router – the WRT3200ACM. It features Tri-Stream 160 technology creating the fastest Dual Band router available and MU-MIMO technology...

Backdoored D-Link Router Should be Trashed, Researcher Says (Threatpost)
2016-09-29 20:04

A researcher who found a slew of vulnerabilities in a popular router says it’s so hopelessly broken that consumers who own them should throw them away.

D-Link DWR-932 router is chock-full of security holes (Help Net Security)
2016-09-29 16:57

Security researcher Pierre Kim has unearthed a bucketload of vulnerabilities affecting the LTE router/portable wireless hotspot D-Link DWR-932. Among these are backdoor accounts, weak default...