THE US GOVERNMENT IS MAD AS HELL: In January 2017, the FTC accused D-Link of leaving its routers and webcam devices vulnerable to hackers. Other huge flaws involved UPnP being exposed to the Internet and file sharing on a USB port. Then, of course, there is WPS, the electronic equivalent of a 'hack me' sign on your back. Another flaw not to be missed is the Misfortune Cookie from December 2014.
A router backdoor was exposed, then instead of being removed, was just better hidden. The port 32764 issue from January 2014 and April 2014 for example. Another reason is cost: router software is developed as cheaply as possible.īIG BUGS: A number of flaws stand out.
One reason for this is your ISP, which may have configured the router/gateway in an insecure way, either on purpose, to allow spying, or out of laziness or incompetence. You may be thinking that all software is buggy, but router software is probably worse. Starting April 2018, I also track routers in the news which details the exploitation of router flaws. This page documents the existence of bugs in routers. On the whole, the software in these routers is buggy as heck. If you care about the security of your router, and you should, it is best to avoid consumer grade routers.
