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Hackers are hijacking D-Link and Ubiquiti devices to resell their stolen bandwidth

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Hackers are hijacking D-Link and Ubiquiti devices to resell their stolen bandwidth

A proxyjacking campaign impacted devices in 34 countries and monetized victims’ Internet connections through a commercial residential proxy network. The operator installed Pawns.app, a legitimate bandwidth sharing application that allows users to earn money by sharing their Internet connections across devices without the owners’ consent. Pawns.app account holders are rewarded for allowing other users’ traffic … Read more

D-Link warns of a maximum severity zero-day bug in DIR-822A routers

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D-Link warns of a maximum severity zero-day bug in DIR-822A routers

D-Link warned customers about a maximum severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-86296) with public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code and no patch affecting older DIR-822A dual-band Wi-Fi routers. This vulnerability is due to a stack-based buffer overflow and improper data processing in the DHCP server component and can be exploited without authentication or user interaction. Attackers without valid credentials … Read more