Exposed Chromecasts, Google Homes, and Samsung TVs are getting hacked – asking users to subscribe to PewDiePie

If you have an exposed network router, chances are, that you might be the next target of an ongoing attack. Security researchers TheHackerGiraffe and j3ws3r are currently running an attack/information awareness campaign, hacking networks where UPnP port forwarding is enabled.

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More than a year after its initial release, Google Home still doesn’t support independent volume levels for Assistant and music

Like me and many others, you probably use your Google Home for ambient music a lot. Volume level 2-4 is perfect for this, however, then you need to ask your Google Home a question, only to have it respond back to you at volume level 2.

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