In newly published research, security firm Tenable reveals how popular video surveillance camera software could be manipulated, allowing would-be attackers the ability to view, disable or otherwise manipulate video footage. The vulnerability, which researchers fittingly dubbed “Peekaboo,” affects software created by NUUO, a surveillance system software maker with clients including hospitals, banks and schools around […]
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Annoying iOS web attack will forcibly restart your iPhone, but not much else
The latest iOS hack won’t steal your data, but it will annoy you.
Fifteen short lines of code on a webpage can restart your iPhone or iPad. Alternatively, visiting it on a Mac can cause the Safari window to freeze.
As reported by TechCrunch, this exp…
Nintendo Switch flaw means it’s open season for ‘homebrew’ gamers
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The freewheeling gamer’s dreams have come true: Nintendo Switch devices are open for homebrew business, all thanks to an un-patchable hardware flaw, to boot.
The Nvidia chip baked into the Switch apparently has a vulnerability that can’t be fixed through a remote update. Thanks to the vulnerability, people can run an exploit (or, alter the code) of their Switch devices, and Nintendo can’t do bupkis. The flaw would need to be fixed at the factory level, which means all Switch devices are permanently vulnerable.
Running the exploit means people will be able to play non-Nintendo games on the Switch, or customize it in other ways — flavor of customization generally known as “homebrew.” After running the exploit, users will be able to simply insert a USB stick of games that they’ve downloaded, and the Switch will be forced to read them (which it wouldn’t ordinarily do). Read more…
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