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IoT Security: Be Aware of What You Connect at Home

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Home IoT device adoption has grown by leaps and bounds. It’s a time of connected gadgets everywhere, and with them, comes security risks. McKinsey predicts the total number of IoT-connected devices will be 43 billion by 2023, with the vast majority being consumer devices. Most of these new devices connect via home routers (another IoT […]

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Teardown: Creality Wi-Fi Box

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Creality, makers of the Ender series of 3D printers, have released a product called Wi-Fi Box meant to control printers over a network and I ordered one for today’s teardown. Let’s get something very clear from the start. If you’re looking to control your 3D printer over the network, get …read more

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Cybercriminals Are Infiltrating Netgear Routers with Ancient Attack Methods

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It would be heartening to think that cybersecurity has advanced since the 1990s, but some things never change. Vulnerabilities that some of us first saw in 1996 are still with us. If you don’t believe me, just take a look at the news. Last month, Virgi… Continue reading Cybercriminals Are Infiltrating Netgear Routers with Ancient Attack Methods→

D-Link Agrees to 10 Years of Security Audits to Settle FTC Charges

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Taiwanese networking equipment manufacturer D-Link has agreed to implement a “comprehensive software security program” in order to settle a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit alleging that the company didn’t take adequate steps to protect its consu… Continue reading D-Link Agrees to 10 Years of Security Audits to Settle FTC Charges→

Most home routers lack simple Linux OS hardening security

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A new assessment of 28 popular models for home users failed to find a single one with firmware that had fully enabled underlying security hardening features offered by Linux. Continue reading Most home routers lack simple Linux OS hardening security→

Wireless Security Lessons From the WPA2 Vulnerability

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One of the biggest WPA2 vulnerability wireless security lessons: Few people are aware, fewer know how to patch it and fewer still will do so.

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Netgear Now Collects Router ‘Analytics Data’ — Here’s How to Disable It

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Is your router collects data on your network?

Netgear last week pushed out a firmware update for its wireless router model NightHawk R7000 with a remote data collection feature that collects router’s analytics data and sends it to the company’s server… Continue reading Netgear Now Collects Router ‘Analytics Data’ — Here’s How to Disable It→

WiGig — New Ultra-Fast Wi-Fi Standard Ready to Boost Your Internet Speed in 2017

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Get ready for faster Internet because the WiFi you know today is about to change and get much, much faster.

The WiFi Alliance, a self-described “worldwide network of companies that brings you Wi-Fi,” has finally certified “WiGig,” an ultra-fast, short… Continue reading WiGig — New Ultra-Fast Wi-Fi Standard Ready to Boost Your Internet Speed in 2017→

MIT Researchers Solve the Spectrum Crunch to make Wi-Fi 10 times Faster

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While using your cell phone at a massive public event, like a concert, conference, or sporting event, you have probably experienced slow communication, poor performance or slow browsing speeds, as crowds arrive.

That’s because of ‘Spectrum Crunch’, which means, Interference of WiFi signals with each other.

WiFi signals of all cell-phones in a large event interfere with each other because

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