Your Wi-Fi router may be the least glamorous gadget in your home. It sits on a shelf, blinks in the corner and only gets attention when Netflix freezes. However, that little box controls a lot more ...

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To get internet access in your home, you need both a modem and a router. They aren't interchangeable, and they serve two very different functions. If you think of your home as an island, the modem is ...

Your home router spent the past two years quietly working for Russian military intelligence — and nothing on your screen would ever have told you so. On April 7, 2026, the FBI, Department of Justice, ...

Thread border routers play a crucial role in connecting low-power Thread networks to your home’s IP network, such as Wi-Fi or Ethernet, making sure smooth communication across your smart home devices.

A new Mirai-based malware campaign is actively exploiting CVE-2025-29635, a high-severity command-injection vulnerability affecting D-Link DIR-823X routers, to enlist devices into the botnet. CVE-2025 ...

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As a two-band router, the Archer BE3600 includes two frequencies: 2.4 gigahertz (GHz), which is slower but penetrates physical obstacles and reaches farther; and 5 GHz, which offers a much faster ...

PCWorld reports that Russian state hackers from ‘Fancy Bear’ are exploiting TP-Link router vulnerabilities to conduct DNS hijacking attacks targeting personal and government data. The campaign ...

Hackers linked to Russia’s military intelligence units are using known flaws in older Internet routers to mass harvest authentication tokens from Microsoft Office users, security experts warned today.

TP-Link patched high-severity Archer NX router flaws, including one that could let attackers upload rogue firmware without authentication. TP-Link just patched a flaw that let attackers push rogue ...

The FCC banned the sale of new consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers and mobile hot spots manufactured outside the US. Here’s what it means for you. In March, the Federal Communications Commission banned new ...