Gaming soundbar can be hijacked from over 16 yards away without touch or pairing — the company allegedly refuses to label the blatant security flaw a cybersecurity risk

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https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/creatives-sound-blaster-katana-v2x-can-be-hijacked-over-bluetooth

It accepts unsigned firmware over an unauthenticated Bluetooth link.

Research post: blog.nns.ee/2026/06/03/katana-badusb/

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terranoid@lemmy.cafe ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I love that the “hacker” background image implies someone with root chose to run nmap manually for each ip in a /24 then pipe to a new file

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- fonix232@fedia.io ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  if you've seen LLM's attempts at network pentesting...
  
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dohpaz42@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Creative’s Sound Blaster Katana V2X

That’s the company and model speaker.

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Loce@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You mean a company that sued an open source developer for bringing SB Live! driver (free of charge) to Windows 7 (unsupported/non-existent/broken driver)?

I’m SHOCKED, shocked I tell you.

Fuck Creative Labs, will never own anything from that scummy company.

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