D-Link Routers Vulnerable To Being Hacked

A security advisory put out by D-Link yesterday should get the attention of anyone who owns the following routers:

  • DIR-820L
  • DIR-626L
  • DIR-636L
  • DIR-808L
  • DIR-810L
  • DIR-826L
  • DIR-830L
  • DIR-836L

There are three vulnerabilities that have been disclosed:

  • “A malicious user who might be connected to the LAN-side of the device to use the devices upload utility to load malicious code without authentication.”
  • “The device’s ping utility that might permit command injection without authentication.”
  • The last vulnerability “may exploit certain chipset utilities in firmware to potentially permit a malicious user an attack disclosing information about the devices configuration”

D-Linkhas recommendations for securing your network if you have one of these routers. But you should update the firmware on the routers to make sure that you’re safe. D-Link has a list of fixed firmware in the security advisory that you should take note of.

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