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Zyxel Networks announced the release of the latest update to its Nebula Cloud Networking Solution. The upgrade, which is available now as a free firmware release for Zyxel Nebula managed access points, switches and security gateways, incorporates key features that enhance WiFi security and enable vertical partners to incorporate the delivery of new value-add services.
Two of the bugs could allow complete remote control of the device. "A compromised device can become part of an internet of things botnet that launches distributed denial-of-service attacks, used to pivot to other connected devices, leveraged to mine for cryptocurrency or used in various other unauthorized ways," explained researchers at IBM X-Force, in a posting last week.
Laird Connectivity has announced the upcoming Sterling-LWB5+ Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.1 module. Laird Connectivity's new Sterling-LWB5+ was intentionally designed for industrial IoT applications where performance, size, cost, and ruggedness are required to deliver reliable wireless connectivity.
This provides customers with an enhanced WiFi experience for critical video collaboration applications and the power of cloud-based AI for rapid problem resolution. The enhanced CloudVision WiFi offers real-time insight into the WiFi client journey, including the health of collaboration and video applications delivering optimal WiFi experiences through analytics and proactive remediation recommendations.
D-Link has announced the newest addition to its EXO line of routers with the availability of a new WiFi 6 solution the DIR-X1560. WiFi 6 or AX WiFi is the latest iEEE 802.11 standard which deliver greater speeds and capacity, but also reduces network congestion and improves device battery life, perfect for the multi-device home.
Router biz Linksys has reset all its customers' Smart Wi-Fi account passwords after cybercrims accessed a bunch and redirected hapless users to COVID-19 themed malware. Hackers with access to Linksys Smart Wi-Fi accounts were changing home routers' DNS server settings.
Guard Dog Solutions, of Salt Lake City, has formally launched the world's first AI-driven solution to preemptively and proactively combat and eliminate public and private Wi-Fi cyber security threats. The majority of "Virtual" working environments accessing VPN from homes are actually dangerous, the company notes, as end points on Wi-Fi systems make it alarmingly easy for hackers to access data through VPNs. As businesses move to support mobile workers, they need to ask their ISPs and MSSPs about Guard Dog Solutions and the Proactive Threat Elimination™ security it brings.
This design blunder can be abused by nearby miscreants to snatch snapshots of private data, such as web requests, messages, and passwords, over the air from devices as they are transmitted, if said data is not securely encrypted using an encapsulating protocol, such as HTTPS, DNS-over-HTTPS, a VPN, and SSH. Crucially, to pull this off, a hacker does not need to be on the same Wi-Fi network as the victim: just within radio range of a vulnerable phone, gateway, laptop, or whatever is being probed. "Among the devices vulnerable to this attack are the ones from Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi and other popular brands," Hexway told The Register.
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, announced that its full family of high performance indoor Wi-Fi 6 access points - including the Aruba 500 Series, 510 Series, 530 Series and 550 Series APs - have achieved Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 certification from the Wi-Fi Alliance, making it the industry's first full family of Wi-Fi 6 indoor APs to be certified based on the Wi-Fi Alliance Wi-Fi 6 testbed of products. The Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 certification is designed to distinguish Wi-Fi 6 products and networks that meet the highest standards for security and interoperability to deliver exceptional end user experiences and wireless stability.
Why would anyone want to worry about 146,000,000 database entries relating to free Wi-Fi users connecting to a free Wi-Fi service? The problem with the second sort of 'free' Wi-Fi is that the company that's giving you the 'free' service can only really make money out of it - by which we mean that they can only make you pay for it - if they keep track who you are and what you do when you connect.