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Angry Tech News #61: Brute Ford

Asus breaks the internet, hacking fingerprint sensors for fun and profit, yet another reason to fear IoT, and where to charge your Ford EV on the road

Links

BrutePrint attack
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/hackers-can-brute-force-fingerprint-authentication-of-android-devices/
Wemo SmartPlug buffer overflow vuln
https://sternumiot.com/iot-blog/mini-smart-plug-v2-vulnerability-buffer-overflow/
Ford EVs to adopt Tesla charging standard
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a44016347/ford-tesla-ev-charging-opinion/
ASUS pushes bad config file to millions of routers; breaks internet for two days
https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1050466
https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2023/05/what-happened-with-asus-routers-this-morning/
https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net/

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Angry Tech News #11: Fungible Modders

Fingerprint hacks, DNA harvested from COVID tests, A massive NFT leak, cranky but ineffective Activision employees, and what happens when a company decides to take back a modding community (hint: lawyers get involved)

Links:

Spoofing a fingerprint scanner with a laser printer and some elmers glue
https://blog.kraken.com/post/11905/your-fingerprint-can-be-hacked-for-5-heres-how/

The NFT Bay “pirates” every NFT
https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgdxvw/someone-made-a-pirate-bay-for-nfts
https://thenftbay.org

Cignpost covid testing company sells DNA data taken from nasal swabs
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/14/covid-test-firm-sell-swabs-carrying-customers-dna/

Take-Two and Rockstar Take their own modding community to court
https://torrentfreak.com/gta-modders-to-court-our-game-fixes-enhancements-are-fair-use-211116/
https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/grand-theft-auto-the-trilogy—the-definitive-edition

Bobby Kotick petition
https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/18/22789679/activision-blizzard-ceo-bobby-kotick-employees-petition-removal