Telcom firm leaves port open on customer routers after maintenance update exposing hundreds of customers to possible attack.

Juniper Networks announced the availability of hotfixes for a serious vulnerability in the handling of IPv6 packets that is says could leave its Junos OS and JUNOSe routers open to a denial of service (DoS) attack. The hotfixes come more than two months after the vulnerabilities were publicly disclosed. Juniper warned network administrators in June about the flaw, which...

Top router firm TP-Link has lost control of two key top level domains accessed by millions of consumers and small businesses each month. The domains, which are used to configure the company’s routers, have expired and been resold to domain name brokers who are actively seeking buyers. Security experts say the domains are at risk...