{"id":496997,"date":"2023-06-20T14:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T12:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=496997"},"modified":"2023-06-20T14:46:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T12:46:53","slug":"asus-warns-users-to-install-update-for-major-router-security-flaws-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/496997-asus-warns-users-to-install-update-for-major-router-security-flaws-immediately.html","title":{"rendered":"Asus warns users to install update for major router security flaws immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Asus has released updated router firmware containing fixes for nine security flaws, including high- and critical-severity ones in several router product ranges.<\/p>\n<p>The company urges customers to update their devices as soon as possible or restrict WAN access until their equipment is secure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please note, if you choose not to install this new firmware version, we strongly recommend disabling services accessible from the WAN side to avoid potential unwanted intrusions,&#8221; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asus.com\/content\/asus-product-security-advisory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said Asus<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These services include remote access from WAN, port forwarding, DDNS, VPN server, DMZ, port trigger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We strongly encourage you to periodically audit both your equipment and your security procedures, as this will ensure that you will be better protected,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>The vulnerabilities impact the following ASUS router models:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GT6;<\/li>\n<li>GT-AXE16000;<\/li>\n<li>GT-AX11000 PRO;<\/li>\n<li>GT-AX6000;<\/li>\n<li>GT-AX11000;<\/li>\n<li>GS-AX5400;<\/li>\n<li>GS-AX3000;<\/li>\n<li>XT9;<\/li>\n<li>XT8;<\/li>\n<li>XT8 V2;<\/li>\n<li>RT-AX86U PRO;<\/li>\n<li>RT-AX86U;<\/li>\n<li>RT-AX86S;<\/li>\n<li>RT-AX82U;<\/li>\n<li>RT-AX58U;<\/li>\n<li>RT-AX3000;<\/li>\n<li>TUF-AX6000; and,<\/li>\n<li>TUF-AX5400.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ASUS has warned customers with impacted routers to update them as soon as possible through one of its various channels, including the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asus.com\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ASUS support website<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asus.com\/networking-iot-servers\/wifi-routers\/asus-wifi-routers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">each router&#8217;s product page<\/a><\/strong>, or via links provided in its <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asus.com\/content\/asus-product-security-advisory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advisory<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It also advises that customers create distinct passwords \u2014 comprising at least eight characters, including capitalised letters, numbers, and symbols \u2014 for their wireless network and router administration portals.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/496963-zero-day-flaw-in-popular-file-transfer-software-posted-to-twitter.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Zero-day flaw in popular file transfer software posted to Twitter<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company released updated router firmware to address nine security flaws in several router product ranges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":497001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[947,87265,30012,15511,56050],"class_list":["post-496997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-asus","tag-firmware-update","tag-router","tag-security-flaw","tag-vulnerability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":497051,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496997\/revisions\/497051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}