Are you using a D-Link wireless router in your home or business, D-Link has released a firmware upgrade for several popular router models to fix a security vulnerability that would allow remote access and DNS spoofing. By changing the DNS settings on a router, an attacker can forward your traffic to a proxy server where your communications could be monitored for useful content, as well as redirecting your to malware-laden websites, or websites where they would be paid by advertisers for sending them traffic.
You can read more about this on Sophos, and download the router firmware from the D-link support page.
The router models covered under this upgrade are:
- DIR-626L
- DIR-636L
- DIR-808L
- DIR-810L
- DIR-820L
- DIR-826L
- DIR-830L
- DIR-836L
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