Now this is how you exit a "smart" tech business. Bose is open-sourcing the API for SmartTouch speakers, moving as much functionality as possible to an app, and extending support.

https://www.theverge.com/news/858501/bose-soundtouch-smart-speakers-open-source

[RSS] Breaking Down the Attack Surface of the Kenwood DNR1007XR - Part Two

https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/1/8/breaking-down-the-attack-surface-of-the-kenwood-dnr1007xr-part-two

SmarterTools CCO: "the steps for replication were rather intricate"
Narrator: It was "../"

This thread shows how 90s security mindset is alive and kicking in 2026.

RE: https://bird.makeup/users/watchtowrcyber/statuses/2009445270019620901

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[RSS] The Ni8mare Test: n8n RCE Under the Microscope (CVE-2026-21858)

https://horizon3.ai/attack-research/attack-blogs/the-ni8mare-test-n8n-rce-under-the-microscope-cve-2026-21858/

The Conscience of a Hacker, also known as The Hacker Manifesto, turns 40 today!

Written by Loyd "The Mentor" Blankenship, its spirit still resonates with hackers and makers everywhere. A cornerstone of hacker culture.

"My crime is that of curiosity."

Read it here: https://phrack.org/issues/7/3

#HackThePlanet #HackerManifesto

Do Smart People Ever Say They’re Smart? (SmarterTools SmarterMail Pre-Auth RCE CVE-2025-52691) - watchTowr Labs https://labs.watchtowr.com/do-smart-people-ever-say-theyre-smart-smartertools-smartermail-pre-auth-rce-cve-2025-52691/

Full House

[RSS] Clang Hardening Cheat Sheet - Ten Years Later

http://blog.quarkslab.com/clang-hardening-cheat-sheet-ten-years-later.html

@ra6bit @SwiftOnSecurity original or remake?

“The Conscience of a Hacker” by The Mentor is 40 years old today.

"IDA 9.3 is on the horizon [...] type system enhancements"

God have mercy on my soul!

(context: https://scrapco.de/blog/reshare-ramblings-bad-vibes-with-ida.html )

@cynicalsecurity @whitequark DPD's spiritual guide is clearly Ace Ventura

We're now accepting applications for our 2026 summer internship program!

Trail of Bits is hiring interns across our software assurance, security engineering, and research & development teams. Over the summer, you'll work on real projects that might include conducting security assessments for critical systems, developing open-source tools, and contributing research that advances the field.

Applications are open now through February! Learn more and apply here!
https://apply.workable.com/trailofbits/j/0C784B6D41/

cloudNative https://redd.it/1q5mjgj

Cloudflare says that BGP routing anomalies right before the US intervention and arrest of Nicolas Maduro appear to have been just "an accident"

https://blog.cloudflare.com/bgp-route-leak-venezuela/

@campuscodi

No, there's no major security vulnerability in zlib.

There's a stack buffer overflow in the contrib/untgz tool. However, these tools are unsupported as described by the README.contrib file: https://github.com/madler/zlib/blob/develop/contrib/README.contrib

"
All files under this contrib directory are UNSUPPORTED. They were
provided by users of zlib and were not tested by the authors of zlib.
Use at your own risk. Please contact the authors of the contributions
for help about these, not the zlib authors. Thanks.
"

#infosec #cybersecurity

[RSS] Ni8mare - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in n8n (CVE-2026-21858)

https://www.cyera.com/research-labs/ni8mare-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-in-n8n-cve-2026-21858