For the second time in roughly a year , D-Link has failed to act on warnings Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability from security researchers involving the company ’ s routers . The latest incident arose after Silesian University of Technology researcher Błazej Adamczyk contacted Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability D-Link last May about three vulnerabilities affecting Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability eight router models . Following the warning Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability , D-Link patched Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability two of the affected routers , but did not initially reveal Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability how it would proceed for the remaining six models . After further prompting Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability from Adamczyk , D-Link revealed Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability that the remaining six routers would not get Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a security patch because they were considered end-of-life models , leaving affected owners out in the cold . “ The D-Link models affected Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability are the DWR-116 , DWR-140L , DWR-512 , DWR-640L , DWR-712 , DWR-912 , DWR-921 , and DWR-111 , six of which date from 2013 , with the DIR-640L first appearing Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability in 2012 and the DWR-111 in 2014 , ” Naked Security reported . Though these are not current models in D-Link ’ s portfolio , many of the listed models are still likely to be in use . As a result of this impasse , Adamczyk released details Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability about the security flaws , following responsible security protocols after giving D-Link notice and the opportunity to address Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the issues . Of significance is that this is the second time in about a year that D-Link has failed to address Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability security vulnerabilities affecting Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability its products after being notified Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability by researchers . The security researcher noted Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability that the new flaw arose Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability after D-Link reported that it had fixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a prior security flaw . Also known as “ directory traversal ” or “ dot dot slash ” attacks , these flaws allow a malicious attacker to gain access to system files with a simple HTTP request . Despite D-Link ’ s spotty history with supporting older router models , the manufacturer is not alone in leaving routers unpatched Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability . The American Consumer Institute reported Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability that of the 186 routers it had tested , 155 contained Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability firmware vulnerabilities . In total , ACI discovered Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability more than 32,000 known vulnerabilities in its study . “ Our analysis shows that , on average , routers contained Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability 12 critical vulnerabilities and 36 high-risk vulnerabilities , across the entire sample , ” ACI noted in its report . “ The most common vulnerabilities were medium-risk , with an average of 103 vulnerabilities per router. ” For shoppers who are in the market for a new router , it ’ s probably best to also check with the manufacturer to see what the supported lifespan of the router is . If the router is nearing its end of life , as in the case illustrated here , you may not get Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability patches , regardless of how serious a security vulnerability may be . If you have an older router , you may want to consider checking out our guide for the best router options before you decide to upgrade .

A popular version of the open source Magento ecommerce platform is vulnerable Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability to a zero-day remote code execution vulnerability , putting as many as 200,000 online retailers at risk . The warning comes from security firm DefenseCode , which found Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability and originally reported Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the vulnerability to Magento in November . “ During the security audit of Magento Community Edition , a high risk vulnerability was discovered Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability that could lead to remote code execution and thus the complete system compromise including the database containing sensitive customer information such as stored credit card numbers and other payment information , ” DefenseCode wrote in a technical description of its discovery ( PDF ) posted Wednesday . According Bosko Stankovic , information security engineer at DefenseCode , despite repeated efforts to notify Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability Magento , which began in November 2016 , the vulnerability remains unpatched Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability despite four version updates since the disclosure Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability . DefenseCode did not examine Magento Enterprise , the commercial version of the platform , but warns both share the same underlying vulnerable code . “ We ’ re unsure if this vulnerability is actively being exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability in the wild , but since the vulnerability has been unpatched Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability for so long it provides a window of opportunity for potential hackers , ” Stankovic said . Magento confirmed the existence Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability of the flaw in a brief statement to Threatpost and said it was investigating . “ We have been actively investigating Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the root cause of the reported issue and are not aware of any attacks in the wild . We will be addressing Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the issue in our next patch release and continue to consistently work to improve our assurance processes , ” Magento said in a statement . Yesterday , Threatpost reported Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability a story about a remote code execution vulnerability with Magento 2 Enterprise and Community software . Magento is committed to delivering superior security to clients and has been actively investigating Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the root cause of the reported issue . We are not aware of any attacks in the wild . Admin access is required to execute the exploit , so as always , we encourage you to follow best practices to keep your Admin secure . In addition , this vulnerability will be addressed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability in our next release Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability targeted for early May . Until then , we recommend enforcing the use of “ Add Secret Key to URLs ” to mitigate potential attacks .