Your Headphones Might Break The Security of Your Computer

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Sennheiser has now been pinpointed as have a major security vulnerability in its HeadSetup app. It involves a self-signed TLS signature and which Sennheiser placed in the Trusted Root CA Certificate store (or in the macOS Trust Store). This means that this certificate can be used to validate other certificates, as the private key on the certificate could be easily extracted.

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
ASecuritySite: When Bob Met Alice

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.