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TP-Link routers have been infected by a botnet to spread malware

by mmphosis on 3/11/25, 7:21 PM with 3 comments

  • by alabastervlog on 3/11/25, 7:28 PM

    Anyone know the firmware version I should hope to see on mine (I have this exact AX21 router, just purchased like five months ago, FML)? It says no updates. 1.1.1 Build 20240822 Rel. 44461

    [EDIT] Also, if suspect infected... discard? Manually flash firmware from USB (if possible, I haven't checked)?

  • by commandersaki on 3/12/25, 7:59 AM

    This seems to be less of an issue if the web management interface is not exposed on the Internet for example LAN-facing or exposed WAN-side but not reachable due to CGNAT.

  • by bediger4000 on 3/11/25, 10:14 PM

    Is this a hardware, or software problem? What if I've got a TP-Link router running OpenWrt? TP-Link routers are very easy to get OpenWrt on. I've done that many times.