Firmware is the software embedded in your router. Its firmware helps the router figure out how to carry on different tasks. To update it, you have to flash the updated software in the router. We’ll ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Generally speaking, the most interaction people have with their router is the occasional turn-it-on-and-off-again when a ...

"Remote code execution" is a very bad sequence of words in this context. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If you own a Netgear ...

Now might be a good time for Netgear to start doubling down on security for its networking products. The folks over at Trustwave found that 31 Netgear router models are susceptible to a security ...

Netgear didn't share additional details about the vulnerability, but as Bleeping Computer explains, impacts of buffer overflow exploits "can range from crashes following denial of service to arbitrary ...

What just happened? Users often overlook Wi-Fi routers when it comes to security, a mistake that can lead to intrusions, snooping, and other kinds of attacks from malicious actors. Fortunately, ...

Over the weekend, we brought you news of a rather serious vulnerability in certain Netgear wireless routers — namely the R6400, R7000 and R8000. According to a CERT bulletin, the routers could easily ...

Security Alert: Routers can be an easily forgotten security risk because users don't directly interact with them every day despite their central role in networking. A newly publicized set of ...

Netgear is pushing out fixes for a bad Orbi firmware update released earlier this month that prevents users from accessing the device's admin console. On April 27th, Netgear released firmware update 4 ...

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On December 9, 2016 we first learned of a command injection vulnerability in some Netgear routers. In the worst case, simply viewing a malicious web page could result in your router being hacked. What ...