#Networking

• 16-Year-Old Broadcom Wi-Fi Bug Exposes Routers With No Password

  A legacy Broadcom bug dubbed WPSplinter lets attackers within radio range take full control of home routers without entering a password, and many will never get a patch.

• Russian Boats Tracked in 500 Subsea Cable Mapping Incidents

  Civilian trawlers acting as Russian proxies have been logged over 500 times loitering near critical transatlantic internet cables.

• Windows 11 Drops Bing Speed Test Redirect for Native Tool

  Microsoft is finally dropping the browser redirect that pushed Bing during network checks, testing a genuinely native speed test inside Windows 11.

• Canada Pitches $620M Undersea Cable to Europe to Bypass the US

  Norwegian firm Bulk proposes the $620M Leif Erikson subsea cable, routing transatlantic data straight between Canada and Europe without touching US soil.