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Posted on December 30, 2024 at 02:42 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

ON SECURITY

By Susan Bradley

The other day, a headline popped up that made me stop and read the news story.

It was all about the American government’s considering blocking the vendor TP-Link from selling routers. TP-link happens to be a vendor I rely on for my wireless access point, but it has also been called out by Microsoft and other vendors who say its products may be used in attacks.

Many of these units not been updated by the vendor to fix issues that allow them to be used by other bad actors in group attacks.

Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.53.0, 2024-12-30).

On Security DNS, Edge Devices, Exchange, Firewalls, Firmware Update, ISPs, Newsletters, Patch Lady Posts, Routers, TP-Link

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