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4 Year Old WPS Security Flaw Still Affecting TalkTalk UK ISP Router

In Summary : One of the older D-Link based ADSL2+ broadband routers from UK ISP TalkTalk has been found to still be vulnerable to a secur...

In Summary :

One of the older D-Link based ADSL2+ broadband routers from UK ISP TalkTalk has been found to still be vulnerable to a security exploit, which was first notified to the provider all the way back in 2014. This enables a hacker to gain access to your wireless (WiFi) network by sniffing out the WPS password. According to a new security advisory from IndigoFuzz (bonus credits to The Register for spotting), the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) feature on the D-Link (RT2860 chipset) router is insecure and always-on (even if the WPS pairing button is not used). As a result all it takes is for somebody within range of the wireless signal to use a common hacking tool in order to automatically probe the network and uncover its password, which all happens in the space of a few seconds.[...]

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