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TP-Link routers could be banned in the US over national security concerns
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<blockquote data-quote="bazang" data-source="post: 1111757" data-attributes="member: 114717"><p>There is significant justification to ban TP-Link based upon IT security researchers that is common knowledge amongst those in the know. TP-Link products are manufactured very cheaply without any secure coding practices. They are replete with vulnerabilities with a long historical record of being insecure.</p><p>“TP-Link’s unusual degree of vulnerabilities and required compliance with PRC law are in and of themselves disconcerting. When combined with the PRC government’s common use of SOHO routers like TP-Link to perpetrate extensive cyberattacks in the US, it becomes significantly alarming,” the letter read.</p><p>In October, Microsoft published an analysis that highlighted that compromised TP-Link devices were integral to the activities of “CovertNetwork-1658,” a China-linked hacking operation. These routers reportedly provided a network of egress IPs that masked subsequent attacks on American critical infrastructure, part of a broader campaign dubbed Volt Typhoon.</p><p></p><p>“CovertNetwork-1658 specifically refers to a collection of egress IPs that may be used by one or more Chinese threat actors and is wholly comprised of compromised devices. Microsoft assesses that a threat actor located in China established and maintains this network,” <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/10/31/chinese-threat-actor-storm-0940-uses-credentials-from-password-spray-attacks-from-a-covert-network/" target="_blank">Microsoft said in its report</a>.</p><p></p><p>TP-Link CVE history:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=TP-Link[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p>TCP-Link holds 65% of the U.S. market. The TCP-Link leadership's strategy is to flood the U.S. market with cheap network devices (that turn out to be insecure because they are manufactured cheaply without the required QA\QC and Security Testing).</p><p></p><p>iPhone has huge competition from Android. It is expensive because the manufacturing standards are high and also due to the huge global consumer demand. Those consumers consider it the superior mobile phone hardware platform.</p><p></p><p>Every single time I have purchased an Android phone, I always switch back to iPhone because - in my experience - the iPhone is superior. I use it as a phone and communication device. iPhone has proven to be much more reliable and longer lasting than even the flagship Android phones that I have purchased.</p><p></p><p>A large number of features is not a measure of quality. It is how well a feature or the hardware itself functions.</p><p></p><p>Android is the worst value because its updates and security support are limited to only a few years. Meanwhile iPhones are supported for 10+ years. My iPhone 6 still works, still lasts all day, and receives security updates. 10 years old.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bazang, post: 1111757, member: 114717"] There is significant justification to ban TP-Link based upon IT security researchers that is common knowledge amongst those in the know. TP-Link products are manufactured very cheaply without any secure coding practices. They are replete with vulnerabilities with a long historical record of being insecure. “TP-Link’s unusual degree of vulnerabilities and required compliance with PRC law are in and of themselves disconcerting. When combined with the PRC government’s common use of SOHO routers like TP-Link to perpetrate extensive cyberattacks in the US, it becomes significantly alarming,” the letter read. In October, Microsoft published an analysis that highlighted that compromised TP-Link devices were integral to the activities of “CovertNetwork-1658,” a China-linked hacking operation. These routers reportedly provided a network of egress IPs that masked subsequent attacks on American critical infrastructure, part of a broader campaign dubbed Volt Typhoon. “CovertNetwork-1658 specifically refers to a collection of egress IPs that may be used by one or more Chinese threat actors and is wholly comprised of compromised devices. Microsoft assesses that a threat actor located in China established and maintains this network,” [URL='https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/10/31/chinese-threat-actor-storm-0940-uses-credentials-from-password-spray-attacks-from-a-covert-network/']Microsoft said in its report[/URL]. TP-Link CVE history: [URL unfurl="true"]https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=TP-Link[/URL] TCP-Link holds 65% of the U.S. market. The TCP-Link leadership's strategy is to flood the U.S. market with cheap network devices (that turn out to be insecure because they are manufactured cheaply without the required QA\QC and Security Testing). iPhone has huge competition from Android. It is expensive because the manufacturing standards are high and also due to the huge global consumer demand. Those consumers consider it the superior mobile phone hardware platform. Every single time I have purchased an Android phone, I always switch back to iPhone because - in my experience - the iPhone is superior. I use it as a phone and communication device. iPhone has proven to be much more reliable and longer lasting than even the flagship Android phones that I have purchased. A large number of features is not a measure of quality. It is how well a feature or the hardware itself functions. Android is the worst value because its updates and security support are limited to only a few years. Meanwhile iPhones are supported for 10+ years. My iPhone 6 still works, still lasts all day, and receives security updates. 10 years old. [/QUOTE]
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