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New home router OS tackles firmware shortcomings

Untangle announced the release of a new operating system for consumer Wi-Fi routers at DEF CON 24. Router hardware has evolved and improved over the years, but its firmware …

modem router
FCC orders TP-Link to allow third-party firmware on their routers

The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau has reached a $200,000 settlement with TP-Link in regards to selling in the US routers that could operate at output …

KeySniffer
Low-cost wireless keyboards open to keystroke sniffing and injection attacks

Bastille Networks researcher Marc Newlin has discovered a set of security vulnerabilities in low-cost wireless keyboards that could be exploited to collect all passwords, …

modem router
50+ vulnerabilities found in popular home gateway modems/routers

Researcher Gergely Eberhardt with Hungarian security testing outfit SEARCH Laboratory has unearthed over fifty vulnerabilities in five home gateway modems/routers used by …

Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi hack experiment conducted at Republican National Convention site

Avast security researchers conducted a Wi-Fi hack experiment at various locations around the Republican National Convention site in Cleveland to demonstrate how risky it can …

signal
Ubiquiti routers hit by backdoor-generating worm

A worm targeting wireless network equipment developed by US-based Ubiquiti Networks has already managed to compromise thousands of routers across the world. To spread it, …

Wi-Fi Zone
Germany set to end copyright liability for open Wi-Fi operators

People who travel to Germany are often surprised at the lack of public, open Wi-Fi networks. That’s because German law (Störerhaftung – “liability of …

Wireless
A rogue access point at RSA Conference? Here’s what happened

Ever since businesses began to offer Wi-Fi access to customers, experts have warned that open hotspots are not secure. Open Wi-Fi hotspots don’t ask a user for a …

MouseJack
MouseJack: Remote exploitation via radio frequencies

Bastille has uncovered a massive vulnerability in wireless mice and keyboards that leaves billions of PC’s and millions of networks vulnerable to remote exploitation via radio …

Wi-Fi Zone
1 in 3 home routers will be used as public Wi-Fi hotspots by 2017

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 …

Cisco network
Cisco kills hardcoded password bug in Wi-Fi access points

Along with fixes for a number of older vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS and IOS XE software, the Cisco IOS Software Common Industrial Protocol, and the OpenSSL package …

Wireless
Wi-Fi and security are better together for SMBs

Wireless adoption is growing fast globally, with Wi-Fi access becoming ubiquitous in businesses, stores, corporate environments and public spaces; literally everywhere we go. …

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