UK broadband users issued 'critical' warning - check your Wi-Fi router immediately

Broadband users are being urged to cheque their Wi-Fi routers and download an urgent update.

There's a worrying alert that's conscionable been announced and it's a bully thought to cheque your Wi-Fi router without delay. The informing has been issued by the squad astatine NETGEAR aft the find of 2 'critical' bugs that could let cyber crooks to entree things remotely. Although it's not been confirmed what information oregon idiosyncratic interactions could beryllium targeted successful an attack, NETGEAR doesn't privation users to hold to find out.

In a station connected its website, the broadband steadfast said, "NETGEAR has released fixes for an unauthenticated RCE information vulnerability. "NETGEAR powerfully recommends that you download the latest firmware arsenic soon arsenic possible."

Affected routers see the firm's fashionable XR1000 exemplary on with the XR1000v2 and XR500.

If you usage a NETGEAR instrumentality to beam the web astir your home, it's a bully thought to cheque what exemplary fig it is update the bundle arsenic soon arsenic possible.

You'll find afloat details connected however instal the caller bundle below.

To download the latest firmware for your NETGEAR product:

• Visit NETGEAR Support.

• Start typing your exemplary fig successful the hunt box, past prime your exemplary from the drop-down paper arsenic soon arsenic it appears.

• If you bash not spot a drop-down menu, marque definite that you entered your exemplary fig correctly, oregon prime a merchandise class to browse for your merchandise model.

• Click Downloads.

Under Current Versions, prime the download whose rubric begins with Firmware Version.

• Click Download.

• Follow the instructions successful your product’s idiosyncratic manual, firmware merchandise notes, oregon merchandise enactment leafage to instal the caller firmware.