Oh, For Fucking Christ’s Sake: D-Link Routers. Again.

Right, listen up you lot. CISA – those clowns over at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – have added three vulnerabilities in D-Link routers to their Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Three. As if we don’t have enough shit to deal with.

Apparently, these aren’t just theoretical problems; there’s actual evidence of exploitation happening *in the wild*. Meaning some script kiddie is probably already poking holes in your network as you read this if you haven’t updated. The affected models are DIR-605L, DIR-816LW, and DIR-826LW. Don’t bother asking me what a “DIR” is, I don’t make the hardware, I just have to report on it when it inevitably falls apart.

The vulnerabilities? Command injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), and some other garbage that allows attackers to remotely execute code. Basically, they can take control of your router. And you know what happens then? Everything. Everything is compromised. Your smart fridge will be sending spam, your thermostat will demand bitcoin, the usual.

CISA wants you to patch. Shocking, I know. They *always* want you to patch. If you’re still running one of these ancient bricks, seriously consider throwing it in a landfill and buying something – anything – else. And for the love of all that is holy, change your default password. It’s probably “admin” or “password” isn’t it?

Don’t come crying to me when your network gets ransacked. I warned you.

Source: The Hacker News

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Look, I once had to debug a network issue caused by someone leaving the default admin password on a Cisco router for *five years*. Five years! The thing was practically screaming “hack me!”. I swear, some people just want to be owned. It’s infuriating. Don’t be one of those people.

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