ThreatsDay Bulletin – Because Apparently Security is Optional

Oh joy. Another week, another pile of security shitstorms. This time it’s CarPlay. Some researchers found a way to remotely control your car’s infotainment system through a Bluetooth exploit. Yeah, that’s right. Your car. Like we didn’t have enough things trying to own us already.

Apparently, if you’re an iOS user and connect to a maliciously crafted CarPlay instance – which, let’s be real, who *isn’t* offering those these days? – they can mess with your system. They’re talking about controlling apps, accessing data… the usual crap. Apple says they patched it in iOS 17.5, but you know how that goes. Updates are only good if people actually install them, and most users won’t until their car is actively being held for ransom.

And as if that wasn’t enough, the article also whines about “BYOVD” (Bring Your Own Vulnerable Device) tactics – meaning people are using their own insecure crap on corporate networks. Shocking. SQL C2 attacks are still a thing because people can’t be bothered to sanitize input properly. And some idiot is demanding an iCloud backdoor from Apple, like that’s going to end well for anyone except the bad guys.

Honestly, it’s just… exhausting. Everyone’s so busy chasing shiny new features they forget to actually *secure* anything. I swear, if I had a nickel for every time I saw this…

Just patch your shit, people. Seriously. Before someone steals your car and your data while you’re stuck in traffic.

Source: TheHackernews – ThreatsDay Bulletin

Anecdote: Back in ’98, I had a user who refused to update his Windows 95 machine because “it made the icons look different.” He got pwned by a script kiddie within three days. Three. Days. And then he blamed *me*. Some things never change.

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