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VPN users unmasked by zero-day vulnerability in Virgin Media routersД«y Adam Bannister of Port Swigger September 20, 2021ДЇidus Information Security, a UK penetration testing consultancy discovered a flaw in the Virgin Media Super Hub 3 router and reported it in October 2019. Mama Always Told Me Not to Trust Strangers without Certificates by Adam of GRIMM September 21, 2021ДЇor two years, Virgin Media fails to fix a router bug.

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At least we know when something goes wrong with Netgear routers and how to fix it.' The flip side is that the researchers tried three times unsuccessfully to contact Netgear. The only reason you don't hear about many security flaws with some other major router makers is because they don't tell you about the flaws. Quoting: 'Netgear's consistent policy of finding, patching and publicizing its security flaws is a Good Thing, despite the resulting negative headlines. Thousands of Netgear routers can be hacked - here's what to do by Paul Wagenseil of Toms Guide September 21, 2021.Gatlan points out that earlier this month, Netgear fixed three severe security vulnerabilities impacting over a dozen of their smart switches, allowing bad guys to take over unpatched devices. The bug is relatively hard to exploit as the bad guy must be must be able to intercept and modify the router's network traffic.

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The Orbis and newer Wi-Fi 6 Nighthawks got parental-control software built in-house by Netgear earlier this year, while the Circle service was discontinued for older Nighthawk models in late 2020.' Updated firmware is available, but there are many steps to the manual update process. Wagenseil offers perspective on this: 'The problem is in the Disney-designed Circle parental-control feature, which was rolled out to Netgear Nighthawk and Orbi mesh routers in 2017. The bug is in the Circle update routine which runs as root. Paul Wagenseil warns 'Because Netgear markets its home routers using somewhat misleading terminology - for example, the R7000 is also labeled as the 'Nighthawk AC1900 Smart WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router' - you might want to flip your router over and check the sticker on the bottom for the real model name.' If the Circle software is installed, the router is vulnerable. If you have a Netgear router, beware of their marketing.

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Netgear fixes dangerous code execution bug in multiple routersД«y Sergiu Gatlan of Bleeping Computer September 21, 2021ДЄdam Nichols of GRIMM discovered a bug in the Circle parental control service on these Netgear routers: R6400, R6700, R6900, R7850, R7900, R8000 and RS400. All the bugs are now displayed belowДў016 bugs 2015 bugs 2014 bugs 2013 bugs 2012 bugs 2011 bugs 2010 bugs 20ДЇixes available for buggy Netgear routers

To see all the bugs on one B_I_G web page (makes it easy to find all the issues for any one manufacturer) click this button =>ДONE. Older bugs, from 2016 through 2012, are available at the bottom of this page. A lawsuit alleged that D-Link 'failed to take reasonable steps to protect their routers and IP cameras from widely known and reasonably foreseeable risks of unauthorized access.' D-Link was also accused of misleading the public about the security of their devices. THE US GOVERNMENT IS MAD AS HELL: In January 2017, the FTC accused D-Link of leaving its routers and webcam devices vulnerable to hackers. Other huge flaws involved UPnP being exposed to the Internet and file sharing on a USB port. Then, of course, there is WPS, the electronic equivalent of a 'hack me' sign on your back.

Another flaw not to be missed is the Misfortune Cookie from December 2014. A router backdoor was exposed, then instead of being removed, was just better hidden. The port 32764 issue from January 2014 and April 2014 for example. Another reason is cost: router software is developed as cheaply as possible.Д«IG BUGS: A number of flaws stand out. One reason for this is your ISP, which may have configured the router/gateway in an insecure way, either on purpose, to allow spying, or out of laziness or incompetence. You may be thinking that all software is buggy, but router software is probably worse. Starting April 2018, I also track routers in the news which details the exploitation of router flaws. This page documents the existence of bugs in routers.

On the whole, the software in these routers is buggy as heck. If you care about the security of your router, and you should, it is best to avoid consumer grade routers.