Patch early and patch often
If you are running any of the ASUS routers listed below, please visit this page immediately to get the appropriate firmware update or unplug your device until you can. These updates patch nine vulnerabilities in which routers are vulnerable and currently being exploited in the wild. Even if your ASUS router isn’t listed, if you visit that page you’ll find many patches and updates for other devices that may be helpful to install.
The oldest patched vulnerability is almost five years old and could allow arbitrary code execution on routers. Other vulnerabilities are much more recent, including high-severity bugs that allow both denial of service and code execution. Bleeping Computer also repeated ASUS’ warning to update the password in case it was harvested by an attacker, and double-warned if the password was the default password that came with her ASUS router. To do.
The rest of you should also visit your router’s support page in case a patch is available.
