D-Link DIR-850L router security loophole fix coming on 21 September for TM and Time users in Malaysia

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Apparently, security loopholes were found by researcher Pierre Kim in the D-Link DIR-850L router as initially reported by Lowyat.net, which is often used bundled with TM's Unifi and Time's high speed broadband packages. These loopholes would have provided backdoor access and other vulnerabilities but D-Link have since announced that an update to fix this is coming on 21 September 2017. The security loopholes also covers other D-Link DIR-800 series routers such as the DIR-885L, DIR-890L and DIR-895L.

While you can go to the D-Link support site to update your router on 21 September 2017, D-Link also suggest you do the following in the meantime:

  1. Reset the router to its default factory setting.
  2. Disable the WAN remote admin feature
  3. Do not access the router through unauthorized Wi-Fi.
  4. Change the wireless SSID password and PIN code to prevent unauthorized users from accessing the LAN.
  5. Change the device’s administrator password. Be sure to use a strong new password.