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INSANE: Hackers could exploit these w fi security flaws to knock your internet offline | Rare Historical Photos

Image of a the backside of a wireless router.
  • Broadcom patched high-severity DoS flaw in chipset software
  • ASUS RT-BE86U confirmed vulnerable; other models may be affected
  • Attack crashes 5G Wi-Fi, requiring manual router restart

Broadcom has fixed a bug in its chipset software which allowed malicious actors to trigger denial of service (DoS) attacks on specific routers.

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