Can your Netgear router be hijacked? Check now!

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Can your Netgear router be hijacked? Check now!
Posted on Jan 31, 2017 05:42 pm
Yesterday, researcher Simon Kenin of Trustwave SpiderLabs released information about an authentication bypass flaw affecting a wide variety of Netgear routers, as well as PoC attack code for triggering it. The vulnerability (CVE-2017-5521) can be exploited by attackers to discover the password required to take over control of an affected device. “The bug is exploitable remotely if the remote management option is set and can also be exploited given access to the router over LAN … More →
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