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Here's the overview; here's the technical data.
Ars Technica has some decent coverage.
This is an exploit with the potential to affect any device, routers or computers, tablets or smart phones or printers, cameras, etc. that use WiFi.
Update software; some devices have patches now. The difficulty is particularly with older hardware and OSs/systems that are no longer being updated.
Consider using Ethernet as a stop gap.
ETA: Some advice: What you can do to protect yourself (with some vendor specific information)
And a plain-language discussion
Ars Technica has some decent coverage.
This is an exploit with the potential to affect any device, routers or computers, tablets or smart phones or printers, cameras, etc. that use WiFi.
Update software; some devices have patches now. The difficulty is particularly with older hardware and OSs/systems that are no longer being updated.
Consider using Ethernet as a stop gap.
ETA: Some advice: What you can do to protect yourself (with some vendor specific information)
And a plain-language discussion
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