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Think about the last time your video call froze mid-sentence or a movie paused to buffer just as the plot thickened. In a world where our lives, homes, and businesses run on connectivity, moments like ...

A reliable Wi-Fi router is the backbone of every connected home, powering everything from streaming and gaming to work and smart devices. Popular brands like TP-Link, ASUS, D-Link, and Netgear have ...

Thousands of ASUS routers have been compromised with persistent backdoors in what appears to be a sophisticated campaign aimed at laying the groundwork for a future botnet, according to threat ...

Last month we reported on a fresh vulnerability discovered in Asus Armoury Crate, adding to a list of known exploits identified by researchers in AC, MyAsus, DriverHub and certain Asus routers. The ...

Asus' routers and popular and well-reviewed. As such, there's a good chance you have one of its devices powering your home wifi. If you do, you should probably check on it, since thousands of Asus' ...

Once inside as an admin, attackers exploit a command injection flaw to trick the AI-powered security feature into executing commands for persistence. A newly uncovered botnet is targeting Asus routers ...

Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, broadband, and moving. Prior to joining CNET, Joe led MyMove's moving coverage and reported on broadband policy, the digital divide, and ...

Heads up if you have an Asus router in your home or office, as there's a backdoor exploit doing the rounds affecting 9,000 devices and counting. This event came to light by way of the security firm ...

Security researchers at Greynoise first detected the exploit back in March, but held off on making it public until the industry had time to coordinate a response. GreyNoise has identified an ongoing ...

Your Asus Wi-Fi router may have been hacked, according to a new blog post from the cybersecurity firm GreyNoise. As of Tuesday, over 9,000 Asus routers have been confirmed compromised in what the firm ...

The big picture: Backdoors are typically designed to bypass traditional authentication methods and provide unauthorized remote access to vulnerable network appliances or endpoint devices. The most ...