Tag: exploiting
Open Garage Doors Anywhere In the World By Exploiting This ‘Smart’ Device
The result: Anyone with a moderate technical background can search Nexx servers for a given email address, device ID, or name and then issue commands to the associated controller. (Nexx controllers for home security alarms are susceptible to a similar class of vulnerabilities.) Commands allow a door to be opened, a device connected to a smart plug to be turned off, or an alarm to be disarmed. Worse still, over the past three months, personnel for Texas-based Nexx haven’t responded to multiple private messages warning of the vulnerabilities.
“Nexx has consistently ignored communication attempts from myself, the Department of Homeland Security, and the media,” Sabetan wrote in a post published on Tuesday. “Device owners should immediately unplug all Nexx devices and create support tickets with the company requesting them to remediate the issue.” Sabetan estimates that more than 40,000 devices, located in residential and commercial properties, are impacted, and more than 20,000 individuals have active Nexx accounts.
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Microsoft is exploiting its anti-competitive advantage over the European cloud market, Google says
Google is officially accusing Microsoft of anti-competitive behavior in the cloud computing business as the Redmond corporation is striking specific agreements with several cloud vendors in Europe. The deals, Google said, don’t provide clear answers to the broader concerns the company has (and that the European authorities should have too)…
Pwn2Own 2023 contestants won more than $1 million by exploiting 27 zero-day flaws in three days
Pwn2Own is an annual hacking contest organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) during the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver. Every year, security researchers and code experts join the digital fray hoping to score big and win some of the bountiful cash prizes provided by ZDI. Five teams of…
The Kingpin is exploiting immigration law to become a citizen of the X-Men’s paradise
Comics are good
This malware tool is still successfully exploiting Internet Explorer vulnerabilities
TikTokers are exploiting a dumb AI to generate giant anime boobs
I got it to work using two ballcaps
NSA Says Chinese Hackers Are Exploiting a Zero-Day Bug in Popular Networking Gear
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Film producer admits running vast prostitution ring exploiting women in US and UK
movie The Kindergarten Teacher and 2018 film Skin, worked with a madam in the UK to refer prostitutes and clients