Andy Greenberg@agreenberg@infosec.exchange
Security flaws in the Halo 3C would allow any who hacked them to disable smoke/vape detection, spoof false alerts, eavesdrop in real time, or even play whatever audio they chose through the device’s speaker.
Demonstrated at Defcon today and in a video in our story above.
Andy Greenberg@agreenberg@infosec.exchange
Motorola says it’s pushed out a patch. The hackers who found the flaws argue that’s not enough.
“There's a microphone connected to a computer that's connected to the network,” says one who goes by Nyx. “And there's no software patching that will make that not possible to use as a listening device.”