Hackers welcome: Major security test uncovers vulnerabilities in all common Wi-Fi routers

guest · Dec 6, 2021

Nine WiFi routers used by millions were vulnerable to 226 flaws
December 2, 2021

Security researchers analyzed nine popular WiFi routers and found a total of 226 potential vulnerabilities in them, even when running the latest firmware.

The tested routers are made by Asus, AVM, D-Link, Netgear, Edimax, TP-Link, Synology, and Linksys, and are used by millions of people.
The front-runners in terms of the number of vulnerabilities are the TP-Link Archer AX6000, having 32 flaws, and the Synology RT-2600ac, which has 30 security bugs.
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The testing process
Researchers at IoT Inspector carried out the security tests in collaboration with CHIP magazine, focusing on models used mainly by small firms and home users.

Their findings showed that many of the routers were still vulnerable to publicly disclosed vulnerabilities, even when using the latest firmware, as illustrated in the table below.
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IoT Inspector: Hackers welcome: Major security test uncovers vulnerabilities in all common Wi-Fi routers

Nine Wi-Fi routers from well-known manufacturers recently underwent a thorough security test under laboratory conditions – with devastating results in the field of IT security: A total of 226 potential security vulnerabilities were found in the devices from Asus, AVM, D-Link, Netgear, Edimax, TP Link, Synology and Linksys, which are in circulation by the millions. The front-runners were devices from TP-Link with 32 vulnerabilities (TP-Link Archer AX6000) and Synology with 30 vulnerabilities (Synology RT-2600ac).

The test was conducted by the editors of the German IT magazine CHIP together with the experts from IoT Inspector, who provided their security platform for automated IoT firmware checks for this purpose.
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