Tag Archives: Router Security

FTC Sues D-Link Over Failure to Secure Its Routers and IP Cameras from Hackers

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The United States’ trade watchdog has sued Taiwan-based D-link, alleging that the lax security left its products vulnerable to hackers.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit (pdf) against D-Link on Thursday, arguing that the company failed to implement necessary security protection in its routers and

MIT Researchers Solve the Spectrum Crunch to make Wi-Fi 10 times Faster

While using your cell phone at a massive public event, like a concert, conference, or sporting event, you have probably experienced slow communication, poor performance or slow browsing speeds, as crowds arrive.

That’s because of ‘Spectrum Crunch’, which means, Interference of WiFi signals with each other.

WiFi signals of all cell-phones in a large event interfere with each other because

Asus Faces 20 years of Audits Over Poor Wi-Fi Router Security

Currently, Asus is undergoing through a troublesome situation after a lawsuit had been filed by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding its Router Insecurity.

On Tuesday, FTC settled charges with Asus, where the hardware manufacturing company agrees to:

Undergo Independent Security Audits Once in 2 years, for the Next 2 Decades.

This action had been taken as the result of

Netgear Publishes Patched Firmware for Routers Under Attack

After a pair of very public disclosures in the last two weeks, Netgear published new firmware for vulnerabilities in its routers that have been publicly exploited.

Exploit Kit Using CSRF to Redirect SOHO Router DNS Settings

French researcher Kafeine has found an exploit kit delivering cross-site request forgery attacks that focus on SOHO routers and changing DNS settings to redirect to malicious sites.

Internet Voting Hack Alters PDF Ballots in Transmission

Researchers have published a paper that describes an Internet voting hack that alters PDF ballots in transmission.