In addition to the back doors?
Cybersecurity
c/cybersecurity is a community centered on the cybersecurity and information security profession. You can come here to discuss news, post something interesting, or just chat with others.
THE RULES
Instance Rules
- Be respectful. Everyone should feel welcome here.
- No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
- No Ads / Spamming.
- No pornography.
Community Rules
- Idk, keep it semi-professional?
- Nothing illegal. We're all ethical here.
- Rules will be added/redefined as necessary.
If you ask someone to hack your "friends" socials you're just going to get banned so don't do that.
Learn about hacking
Other security-related communities !databreaches@lemmy.zip !netsec@lemmy.world !securitynews@infosec.pub !cybersecurity@infosec.pub !pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
Notable mention to !cybersecuritymemes@lemmy.world
A new vulnerability in a TP-Link device? Oh no, it must be a day ending in Y
"[It] affects several popular models, including the Archer AX10 and AX1500.
[...] input from external messages is used directly to calculate a buffer length [...] without any boundary checks. [...] A payload of 4096 bytes [...] confirmed that the program counter can be overwritten. This means that complete system compromise with root privileges is achievable."
Sounds very fixable
Glad I only have two of their "dumb" switches then.
Proprietary software
This happens every week, it seems.