It’s vital to check your router settings and tweak them for your home network’s security’s sake. Before you do, there is one essential step. Your router may be out-of-date and in need of security and ...

Software-based network isolation provided by routers is not as efficient as believed, as hackers can smuggle data between the networks for exfiltration. Most modern routers offer the possibility to ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- You might have heard about the malware, believed to be Russia-linked, that is targeting WiFi routers around the world. The FBI is urging people to take immediate action by ...

New testing by Consumer Reports shows important differences in how routers from popular brands handle digital security. Some of the 29 routers we examined this spring and summer build in important ...

It's not all rosy on the early-adopter front ...

Your home network’s security is only as good as the configuration of your router or gateway. Leave it open or vulnerable, and you might end up with freeloaders that hog your bandwidth, at best. At ...

The Norton Core router gives you a free year of security for all your devices and provides tops speeds -- but its range was a little disappointing. Dan Dziedzic Associate editor Dan has been a ...

Too many separate meshes: Older Thread 1.3 devices often spin up proprietary Thread networks, so your home ends up with ...

Retired enterprise routers—and the sensitive data that's still on them—are showing up on the used-equipment market where attackers could mine them for vulnerabilities to exploit. Here’s bad news: It’s ...

Obviously, an open network will make it easy for someone to steal your Wi-Fi, and the older WEP security is easily hacked, so avoid it at all costs. If the only encryption options your router has are ...