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Dec 11, 2016

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The last straw: new vulnerability for R7000 R6400 R8000

Well, this is pretty much the last straw for me. I knew it was only a matter of time considering all of the broken promises, the messages of "coming soon", and flat out abondonment of your products N...

security vulnerability

Troubleshooting

VU 582384

ElaineM
Dec 14, 2016
Hi All,

The Security Advisory for VU 582384 has been updated.

Also, for more information see the link below.

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Two-leading-Netgear-routers-are-vulnerable-to-a-severe-security/m-p/1186149/highlight/true#M44242

SoCal

Aspirant

Dec 13, 2016

Well...I'm in and not out.

NETGEAR:

Publicly acknowledged the issue.
Made the issue mission critical.
Provided a beta during the interim.

I'd say that's pretty darn good on NETGEAR's part!

Also, I am now contemplating the purchase of a R9000 or an Orbi setup as my R7000 has been stellar on all fronts. Yep, I'm in all the way. Happy Holidays to all!

BoDEAN

Apprentice

Dec 13, 2016

"Acew0rm alerted Netgear to the problem on Aug. 25, but never heard back, the researcher told Fortune in a direct message on Twitter. So four months later, Acew0rm took the find public"

Made the issue "mission critical?"

If that was the case, we would have had a new FW in August/September....