Security News

1 in 3 home routers will be used as public Wi-Fi hotspots by 2017 (Help Net Security)
2016-01-27 09:09

Juniper Research predicts that at least 1 in 3 home routers will be used as public Wi-Fi hotspots by 2017, and that the total installed base of such dual-use routers will reach 366 million globally by...

Unknown attackers are infecting home routers via dating sites (Help Net Security)
2016-01-22 09:16

Damballa researchers have spotted an active campaign aimed at infecting as many home routers possible with a worm. A variant of the TheMoon worm, it works by taking advantage of a weakness in the H...

Netgear Nighthawk X4S AC2600 Smart WiFi Router released (Help Net Security)
2016-01-05 07:00

Netgear is launching the new Nighthawk X4S AC2600 Smart WiFi Router (R7800) for people who value speed. The Nighthawk X4S supports Wave 2 WiFi features like quad-stream architecture for both 2.4 ...