TP-Link router owners update now — 15 flaws patched to stop hackers hijacking your devices

TP-Link has patched more than a dozen vulnerabilities across multiple business networking products which could have been chained to achieve remote code execution (RCE).

Security researchers at Vedere Labs from Forescout found the flaws and published an in-depth report on the issues, which particularly affect TP-Link Omada, the company’s business networking platform for centrally managing enterprise and small-business network infrastructure.

It includes cloud-managed Wi-Fi access points, routers, switches, gateways, and controllers, all of which can be monitored and configured from a single interface.

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Source:  TechRadar News


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