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D-Link makes networking and connected devices such as home and small-business routers, access points, switches, cameras, and network-attached storage. These products matter in information security because they sit at network boundaries or hold sensitive traffic, video, and files. Security advisories usually apply to a particular model, hardware revision, and firmware version—not to every D-Link device.
Commonly relevant weaknesses include flaws in web administration, authentication bypass, command injection, and exposed management services. An internet-facing or end-of-life device may remain exploitable when updates are unavailable or unapplied, while cameras and storage systems can expose private content if access controls fail. Defenders should inventory exact models and firmware, apply applicable updates, replace unsupported equipment, restrict administration to trusted networks, disable unnecessary remote management and UPnP, and change default credentials. Logs and network telemetry can help identify suspicious administration or unexpected outbound connections from affected devices.
D-Link tells users to trash old VPN routers over bug too dangerous to identify
Vendor offers 20% discount on new model, but not patches Owners of older models of D-Link VPN routers are being told to retire and replace their devices following the disclosure of a serious remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability.…
D-Link urges users to retire VPN routers impacted by unfixed RCE flaw
D-Link is warning customers to replace end-of-life VPN router models after a critical unauthenticated, remote code execution vulnerability was discovered that will not be fixed on these devices. [...]
Teen serial swatter-for-hire busted, pleads guilty, could face 20 years
PLUS: Cost of Halliburton hack disclosed; Time to dump old D-Link NAS; More UN cybercrime convention concerns; and more Infosec in brief A teenager has pleaded guilty to calling in more than 375 fake threats to law enforcement, and now faces years in prison.…