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Netgear advises firmware updates to improve security for wide array of modems, routers, and range extenders

Post author By Chris Barylick
Post date March 9, 2020

It may be about time to update the firmware on your Netgear equipment. Netgear has issued security patches for a wide array of its networking products as of Friday. The company has stated they contain flaws that could leave them vulnerable to hackers. The products are as follows: Modem/routers: D6200, D6220, D6400, D7000, D7000v2, D7800, […]

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FBI warns users to reboot their wireless routers to disable Russian-linked “VPNFilter” malware

Post author By Chris Barylick
Post date May 31, 2018

The FBI itself has issued a warning and you might want to follow their advice. The FBI recently issued a security notice warning that all home and small office routers should be rebooted after Cisco’s Talon group discovered sophisticated Russian-linked “VPNFilter” malware infecting at least 500,000 networking devices. Per the warning, the malware is described […]

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