Netgear: 11 routers vulnerable to remote hacking

Security researcher Andrew Rollins has discovered 11 different models of Netgear routers that have been vulnerable to remote hacks, with Rollins even warning Netgear about the problem all the way back on August 25, but didn't receive a reply.

Rollins went public with the announcement after waiting 3 months, which saw Homeland Security throwing out a warning a few days ago, and now Netgear is finally in the fold, admitting that it knows about the problem. Netgear has announced the affected models, and will release patches... for some of them.

Here's the list of the affected routers:

• R6250*
• R6400*
• R6700*
• R6900
• R7000*
• R7100LG
• R7300
• R7900
• R8000*
• D6220
• D7000

Netgear has patched the R6250, R6400, R6700, R7000 and R8000 - but it's not easy, as you'll need to manually update your Netgear router, as the company doesn't have a way of providing over-the-air updates. Netgear hasn't said a word on whether they'll be updating the other models just yet, but Rollins did talk with Wired, where he said it's "not that hard to fix at all".