Netgear makes networking devices whose firmware vulnerabilities and security advisories can affect the confidentiality and access of connected networks.
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Netgear is a manufacturer of networking equipment, including consumer and small-business routers, cable and DSL gateways, switches, wireless access points, and network-attached storage. In security reporting, the tag generally concerns vulnerabilities, firmware, configuration, and support status for these internet-connected devices and their management interfaces.
These products can expose administrative services to the internet or local networks, making flaws such as authentication bypass, command injection, or outdated components operationally significant when they affect a particular model and firmware version. Defenders should identify exact device models and versions, monitor Netgear advisories, apply firmware updates from trusted sources, disable unnecessary remote administration and UPnP, and replace devices that no longer receive fixes. Compromised routers or gateways may also provide attackers with network access or enable traffic redirection, so unusual configuration changes and unexpected outbound connections merit investigation.
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Critics Call Foreign-Made Router Ban 'Industrial Policy Disguised As Cybersecurity'Netgear obtained a temporary waiver from the Federal Communications Commission allowing it to continue importing consumer routers through most of 2027, making the networking hardware giant the first consumer brand to circumvent a ban on foreign-made hardware.
Public policy professor says it will make America less secure but hits Netgear’s lobbying goals The United States’ ban on foreign-made SOHO routers won’t improve security, and only makes sense as “industrial policy disguised as cybersecurity,” according to Milton Mueller, Professor at the University of Georgia’s School of Public Policy and founder of its Internet Governance Project.…
Networking vendor claims rival helped portray it as a national-security risk in the US TP-Link is suing rival networking vendor Netgear, alleging that the rival and its CEO carried out a smear campaign by falsely suggesting, it says, that the biz had been infiltrated by the Chinese government.…
Also: Researchers Bypass GitHub Copilot's Protections, Deloitte Pays $5M for BreachThis week: A hacker claims to have 20 million OpenAI logins, Sweden clears ship in Baltic cable damage, researchers find ways to bypass GitHub Copilot's protections, Netgear patches router flaws, undetectable Mac backdoor raises alarms, Spain nabs hacker, and Deloitte pays $5M for RIBridges breach.
Also: Researchers Bypass GitHub Copilot's Protections, Deloitte Pays $5M for BreachThis week: Sweden clears ship in Baltic cable damage, researchers find ways to bypass GitHub Copilot's protections, Netgear patches router flaws, undetectable Mac backdoor raises alarms, cyberattacks target aviation, Spain nabs international hacker, and Deloitte pays $5M for RIBridges breach.
International security squads all focus on stopping baddies busting in through routers, IoT kit etc Netgear is advising customers to upgrade their firmware after it patched two critical vulnerabilities affecting multiple routers.…
Netgear has fixed two critical remote code execution and authentication bypass vulnerabilities affecting multiple WiFi routers and warned customers to update their devices to the latest firmware as soon as possible. [...]
Also, Netgear fixes critical router, access point vulnerabilities Google has released its February Android security updates, including a fix for a high-severity kernel-level vulnerability, which is suspected to be in use by targeted exploits.…
The operators of the mysterious Quad7 botnet are actively evolving by compromising several brands of SOHO routers and VPN appliances by leveraging a combination of both known and unknown security flaws
Vulnerabilities Could Lead to Unauthorized Data Access and ManipulationHalf a dozen vulnerabilities in a moderately priced Netgear router could allow attackers to bypass authentication, putting home users and small businesses at risk. The flaws could cause unauthorized access, network manipulation and exposure of sensitive data.
Researchers found half a dozen vulnerabilities of varying severity impacting Netgear WNR614 N300, a budget-friendly router that proved popular among home users and small businesses. [...]
The China-backed APT was using the botnet, made up of mostly end-of-life, patchless routers from Cisco and Netgear, to set up shop inside US critical infrastructure.
Remotely disinfects Cisco and Netgear routers to block Chinese critters China's Volt Typhoon attackers used "hundreds" of outdated Cisco and NetGear routers infected with malware in an attempt to break into US critical infrastructure facilities, according to the Justice Department.…
The official Netgear and Hyundai MEA Twitter/X accounts (together with over 160,000 followers) are the latest hijacked to push scams designed to infect potential victims with cryptocurrency wallet drainer malware. [...]
A new botnet consisting of firewalls and routers from Cisco, DrayTek, Fortinet, and NETGEAR is being used as a covert data transfer network for advanced persistent threat actors, including the China-linked threat actor called Volt Typhoon
A variant of the Mirai botnet is targeting almost two dozen vulnerabilities aiming to take control of D-Link, Arris, Zyxel, TP-Link, Tenda, Netgear, and MediaTek devices to use them for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. [...]
As many as five security flaws have been disclosed in Netgear RAX30 routers that could be chained to bypass authentication and achieve remote code execution
Maybe this is deserved given the problem's in a hidden telnet service Public proof-of-concept exploits have landed for bugs in Netgear Orbi routers - including one critical command execution vulnerability. …
Proof-of-concept exploits for vulnerabilities in Netgear's Orbi 750 series router and extender satellites have been released, with one flaw a critical severity remote command execution bug. [...]
Netgear has fixed a high-severity vulnerability affecting multiple WiFi router models and advised customers to update their devices to the latest available firmware as soon as possible. [...]