TP-LINK Loses Control of Two Device Configuration Domains (helpnetsecurity.com)

Posted by msmash on Tuesday July 5, 2016 @02:40AM from the security-woes dept.

Reader Orome1 writes: Security researcher Amitay Dan warns that tplinklogin.net, a domain through which TP-LINK router owners can configure their devices, is no longer owned by the company, and that this fact could be misused by malware peddlers. TP-LINK has confirmed that they no longer own the domain in question, and will not be trying to buy it from the unknown seller for now. Instead, they intend to change the domain in the manuals to a newer one that's already in use.ComputerWorld has more details.

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Re:Who gives a shit? by Dunbal · 2016-07-05 02:43 · Score: 5, Informative

I use TP-LINK network bridges. There are other people in the world besides yourself.

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Summary makes it sound worse than it is by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-05 02:46 · Score: 5, Informative

The CW article says the router intercepts that domain name and redirects to an internally hosted web page.