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Is Your Modem Safe? Thousands Are Not
At your home office and possibly your work office, your modem/router stands alone between you and criminal bots. They constant roam the internet hunting for security holes. Popular Netgear modems serve as a firewall and connector between the internet and the computers and mobile devices in houses and offices. If you have a modem with a security flaw that hasn't been patched, a backdoor into your network stands wide open. If you work in a typical small firm, you do not have a company that regularly updates your computer hardware with security patches. You probably update Microsoft Windows (How often is another question!), but...