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jwz

People, the story about the toothbrush botnet does not pass the most basic sniff test.
• All articles point to a single source
• Target not named
• Researcher not named

6 February at 22:49 | Open on mastodon.social
15 comments
Irenes (many)

@jwz also we asked around and there are exactly two major brands of these and neither of them connects directly to wifi in normal operation. doesn't mean it's impossible, but it does seem relevant.

6 February at 22:50 | Open on mastodon.social
Foone🏳️‍⚧️

@irenes @jwz yeah. I did some hacking on the Sonicare Bluetooth Toothbrush For Kids one and it's purely bluetooth. It talks to your phone, not the internet.

6 February at 23:17 | Open on digipres.club
Jeff Atwood

@jwz but.. but.. if Elon tweets about it?

6 February at 22:51 | Open on infosec.exchange
Matt Palmer

@jwz how many Swiss companies could there be, Michael?

6 February at 22:54 | Open on infosec.exchange
Grey Goo
viq

@jwz
So you're saying this story has no teeth and can be brushed off?

6 February at 22:59 | Open on social.hackerspace.pl
Kee Hinckley

@jwz The number of hacked toothbrushes also seemed large to me.

Are there multiple sources on the zoom deepfakes one? There are more details, but I haven’t seen anything about who or when.

7 February at 0:00 | Open on infosec.exchange
jwz

@nazgul The zoom deepfakes one being a fake would just be *chef kiss*

7 February at 0:01 | Open on mastodon.social
Supertapani

@jwz It is not only the toothbrushes. More often than not, people post screenshots of scandalous headlines, instead of links to articles. So we all get the hype, but no context, and now way of seeing where it comes from.

please, please stop doing that. Just add a source url with the image.

7 February at 7:09 | Open on mastodontti.fi
Kensan

@jwz I’ve read several articles here in Swiss Media and all of them more or less state the same and reference each other. The source for the statement seems to be this guy from Fortinet Switzerland, Maybe he can provide more info why they insist this was a real attack on a Swiss company. mastodon.social/@Kensan/111888

7 February at 9:36 | Open on mastodon.social
Mark Eckenwiler

@jwz If it turns out you’re right, you deserve a plaque.

7 February at 13:14 | Open on thepit.social
Bill Hooker
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