McAfee finds new way to break thing that shouldn't be on your home network in the first place Another IoT botnet has been found feasting on vulnerable IP cameras
A security vulnerability in "smart" power plugs can be exploited to infiltrate local computer networks. The flaw, spotted in Belkin's Wemo Insight smartplugs, would potentially allow an attacker to not only manipulate the plug itself, but also allow hopping to other devices connected to the same Wi-Fi home network. Researchers at McAfee this week said they reported the remote code execution flaw, designated CVE-2018-6692, to Belkin in March. The exploit stems from a buffer overflow in the Univer...