On Linksys' side, however, the company has chosen to dismiss the report by Bad Packets, deeming the issue as "Not applicable / Won't fix" and therefore closing the case. TechRepublic: Top 5 challenges keeping IT pros up at night
HOW TO BYPASS LINKSYS SMART WIFI SETUP PATCH
A patch was issued, but the cybersecurity firm says the vulnerability is still active and in very much in existence. The security flaw at fault is CVE-2014-8244, a severe vulnerability which was disclosed in 2014 that is present in Linksys firmware on a variety of router products. However, vulnerable devices were found in a total of 146 countries.
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The majority of impacted routers are in the United States. No authentication is required and the issue can be exploited remotely. The leaked information can be accessed by opening a browser session and going to the Linksys Smart Wi-Fi router's public IP address, opening the developer console, selecting the network tab, and scrolling down to JNAP. See also: OneCoin 'CryptoQueen' sued over alleged $4bn cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme "An attacker can query the target Linksys Smart Wi-Fi router, get its MAC address, and immediately geolocate it." "While geolocation by IP address is not precise, services like WiGLE allow anyone to get the exact geographical coordinates of a WiFi network based solely on its MAC address or SSID," the researcher says. Should the name of the owner be included in the device name, this could also be used to unmask the owner's identity and potentially geolocate them via the Linksys Smart Wi-Fi router's public IP address, according to Mursch. The MAC address alone, an identifier issued to networked devices, could be used to track the router. The leak of such information may assist attackers in compromising the Internet of Things (IoT) routers for the purposes of not only data theft but potentially enslavement into botnet setups.
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HOW TO BYPASS LINKSYS SMART WIFI SETUP UPDATE
Subsequent scans revealed that 25,617 Linksys Smart Wi-Fi routers are vulnerable and are leaking not only MAC addresses, but also device names, operating system types, and in some cases WAN settings, firewall status, firmware update settings, and DDNS configurations.