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Researcher finds Chinese KVM has undocumented microphone, communicates with China-based servers — Sipeed’s nanoKVM switch has other severe security flaws and allows audio recording, claims researcher | Tom’s Hardware

3 months ago
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The researcher says the device’s software stack exposes weak points from the moment it boots. Early units arrived with a pre-set password and open SSH access, a problem the researcher reported to Sipeed and which the company later corrected. The web interface still lacks basic protections, including CSRF defence and any mechanism to invalidate active sessions.