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At least 700,000 routers given to customers by ISPs are vulnerable to hacking

2015-03-19 23:24:47| Wireless - Topix.net

More than 700,000 ADSL routers provided to customers by ISPs around the world contain serious flaws that allow remote hackers to take control of them. Most of the routers have a "directory traversal" flaw in a firmware component called webproc.cgi that allows hackers to extract sensitive configuration data, including administrative credentials.

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