A new firmware released for NightHawk R7000 Netgear routers includes a remote data collection feature, heres how to turn off it. A researcher who used the online moniker AceW0rm released a proof-of-concept code exploit working against some NetGear routers because the vendor did not reply to his ethical disclosure occurred in August. Netgear downplayed the issue declaring that the procedure in the new firmware is a routine diagnostic data. Of course, customers are concerned about this data collection, especially about IP address and MAC address being collected by the firm.”]
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