"Hacking Smart Plugs to Enter Business Networks"

A buffer overflow flaw has been discovered in Belkin’s Wemo Insight Smart Plug by researchers at McAfee. A smart plug enables whatever is plugged into it to be remotely switched on or off via an app. The vulnerability found in the Wemo smart plug could allow attackers to interrupt other devices connected to the same network as the smart plug and compromise the entire network. This article continues to discuss smart plugs, the buffer overflow flaw in the Wemo smartplug, what this flaw could allow attackers to do, and the importance of secure coding practices.

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