Modern routers are considered secure access points to the internet, but are also repeatedly exploited for attacks. Hackers can take over routers, for example, to create a bot network unnoticed and use ...

A major national security debate is unfolding, and it affects more than government networks. It touches your home, your devices and the Wi-Fi your family uses every day. The Commerce Department has ...

Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, broadband, and moving. Prior to joining CNET, Joe led MyMove's moving coverage and reported on broadband policy, the digital divide, and ...

Government agencies are backing a proposal to ban TP-Link routers. The company's routers are the most popular option in the world. TP-Link routers have been involved in several hacking incidents.

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on the inner workings of a botnet malware called PolarEdge. PolarEdge was first documented by Sekoia in February 2025, attributing it to a campaign targeting ...

Threat actors are exploiting CVE-2025-20352, a recent Cisco zero-day, to deploy a rootkit on older networking devices. Older Cisco devices unpatched against a recent zero-day vulnerability have been ...

Cisco Systems introduced a new high-capacity routing system and networking chip designed to connect data centers handling artificial intelligence (AI) workloads over vast distances, as rising power ...

Cisco has unwrapped a high-end, 51.2 Tbps router and chip that it says will go a long way toward supporting the distributed AI workloads of today and in the future. Aimed at hyperscalers and large ...

Cisco on Wednesday announced patches for 14 vulnerabilities in IOS and IOS XE, including a bug that has been exploited in the wild. The exploited flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-20352 (CVSS score of 7.7), ...

Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, broadband, and moving. Prior to joining CNET, Joe led MyMove's moving coverage and reported on broadband policy, the digital divide, and ...