Remotely Exploitable Flaw Puts Millions of Internet-Connected Devices at Risk

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Security researchers have discovered a critical remotely exploitable vulnerability in an open-source software development library used by major manufacturers of the Internet-of-Thing devices that eventually left millions of devices vulnerable to hacking. The vulnerability (CVE-2017-9765), discovered by researchers at the IoT-focused security firm Senrio, resides in the software development library called gSOAP toolkit (Simple Object Access Protocol) — an…

CIA Created Toolkit for Hacking Hundreds of Routers Models

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After a two-week hiatus, WikiLeaks dumped new files as part of the Vault 7 series that supposedly contains CIA-made hacking tools the organization claims it received from hackers and agency insiders. Today’s dump includes the documentation for a CIA tool named CherryBlossom, a multi-purpose framework developed for hacking hundreds of home router models. The tool…