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Netgear and ZyXEL Confirm NetUSB Flaw, Are Working On Fixes

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

itwbennett writes: In follow-up to a story that appeared on Slashdot yesterday about a critical vulnerability in the NetUSB service, networking device manufacturers ZyXEL Communications and Netgear have confirmed that some of their routers are affected and said they are working on fixes. ZyXEL will begin issuing firmware updates in June, while Netgear plans to start releasing patches in the third quarter of the year.

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  1. Secrecy in security is not always a good thing. by deviated_prevert · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Even if Snowden had never blown the whistle on how the culture of secrecy can run amok and abuse privacy, eventually the NSA would have been caught out because of the Hubris a culture of closed doors creates. This latest revelation about how they tried to do man in the middle attacks on android and IOS devices only goes to prove the fact that the more closed the source is the more vulnerable it is to abuse in the long term. The first post to this thread is woefully wrong and was evidently posted by a zombie in his parents basement trying to score points with his friends.

    That being said culturally we are being morally bankrupted more by a culture of fear and secrecy than hackers. Gag orders only work to cause public distrust in the long run and so does a lack of transparency.

    The vulnerabilities in these devices will not cause problems long term because their code is transparent the same thing cannot be said about closed source devices. Fortunately Microsoft is transparent and does appreciate users telling them about security flaws otherwise I would never use a Windows device again. Naturally the flaws that exist are harder to fix but at least they do try to make their products and OSes bullet proof from the NSA. Touch wood.

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  2. In the meantime, by fustakrakich · · Score: 3, Funny

    Turn off the equipment, and take up knitting...

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    “He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
  3. Re:what about their older routers? by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 2

    Protection rackets don't work that way.

    Get on board with their new stuff!

  4. NetUSB (USB Over IP) is proprietary software. by techt · · Score: 4, Informative

    NetUSB by the company KCodes is proprietary not open source software.

  5. Critical; thrid quarter? lol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A critical vulnerability will be fixed some many months from now. Gee, thanks!

    I'll stick with my open-source solutions, thanks!

    Morons, or maybe I should say "assholes".