A couple of bugs lead to a potentially bad time

  • 2pt_perversion@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Prompt response and open statement about it can’t ask for much more than that. D-link might just tell you to kick rocks and buy a new router.

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    12 days ago

    Thankfully they didn’t find any evidence of it being used, but they promptly fixed the issues and informed everyone. Great example of amazing management.

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    12 days ago

    Spooren said the SHA-256 hash is truncated to 12 characters, significantly reducing its complexity, potentially allowing attackers to generate collisions.

    Wtf. Who thought this was acceptable?