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Apple patches high-severity eavesdropping vulnerability in Beats Studio Buds

Security firm Sentinel One has a deeper dive into CVE-2025-20701 here. Heinze and Steinmetz said last year that the full chain of attacks gave attackers the ability to do other malicious things, including retrieving call history and contacts, and even calling arbitrary numbers. Many of those capabilities are dependent on the specific devices being paired,… Read More: Apple patches high-severity eavesdropping vulnerability in Beats Studio Buds »

Attackers can force Amazon Echos to hack themselves with self-issued commands

Enlarge / A group of Amazon Echo smart speakers, including Echo Studio, Echo, and Echo Dot models. (Photo by Neil Godwin/Future Publishing via Getty Images) T3 Magazine/Getty Images reader comments 19 with 14 posters participating Share this story Academic researchers have devised a new working exploit that commandeers Amazon Echo smart speakers and forces them… Read More: Attackers can force Amazon Echos to hack themselves with self-issued… »