The FTC (U.S. Federal Trade Commission) is getting really fed up with the router manufacturers, and now it’s taking D-Link to court. Back in February 2016, the FTC punished ASUS for selling consumer routers that had major security flaws. Now, the FTC is suing D-Link for failing to take reasonable steps to secure its routers and Internet Protocol […]
Another malware attack against home routers that modifies DNS settings has been disclosed by Fernando Mercês, a researcher for Trend Micro. This DNS Changer is mostly active in Brazil, although it’s also been detected in the United States, Japan, as well as several other countries, The attack modifies the router’s DNS settings, a method that […]
Security researcher Kafeine recently discovered a web-based attack tool that hackers have been using to compromise home routers. The attack utilizes Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities that are present in many popular routers. The list of router vendors affected include: ASUS Belkin D-Link Edimax Linksys Medialink Microsoft Netgear Tenda TP-Link Trendnet ZyXEL The attack modifies the […]
Today, D-Link announced several new products including the new top-of-the-line DIR-880L router, as well as several products that fit into the Internet of Things (IoT) space. D-Link will also off a WiFi Motion Sensor that will work with their other Connected Home products, as well as a new app D-Link Smart Home that ties them all […]
A new vulnerability called Joel’s Backdoor has been found in D-Link routers that allows unauthenticated users to gain access to administrator functions. A terrific write-up of the discovery of this vulnerability can be found here. The vulnerability appears to affect the following D-Link routers DIR-100 DIR-120 DI-624S DI-524UP DI-604S DI-604UP DI-604+ TM-G5240 Additionally, several Planex routers […]
That’s right. Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris is the name of a botnet that was recently discovered by Czech researchers. Why “Chuck Norris”. Well, it comes from a comment that was written in Italian in the botnet’s source code: “in nome di Chuck Norris,” which means “in the name of Chuck Norris.” Okay, but WHY Check […]
A new vulnerability has been found that allows hackers to view and control administrator settings on D-Link routers. The vulnerability appears to be from a bug made in the implementation of HNAP support for the device which allows an attacker to bypass all of the security on the device and have full administrator privileges. You […]