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Have a D-Link Wireless Router? You might have been Hacked

D-Link are allegedly vulnerable to a software bug that could allow remote hackers to modify the DNS (Domain Name System) settings on affected routers and to hijack users’ traffic. The main goal of DNS hijacking is to secretly redirect user’s traffic from a legitimate websites to a malicious one controlled by hackers. The vulnerability might also affects other devices because it is located in the same, widely-used wireless router firmware used by different manufacturers. Bulgarian security researcher Todor Donev discovered the flaw which exists in a widely deployed ZynOS firmware from ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2015/02/hacking-dlink-wireless-router.html

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