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Creative's Katana V2X speaker potentially has a serious vulnerability that could allow hackers to attack your PC,…

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  • A cybersecurity researcher has discovered a major vulnerability in a popular PC speaker
  • The Creative Sound Blaster Katana V2X speakers can reportedly be used to hack users' PCs via Bluetooth
  • Creative won't provide a patch as it's not viewed as a vulnerability, but a temporary third-party fix is available

Discovering potential PC vulnerabilities is undoubtedly of high importance for any user, especially with hackers finding new and easier ways of exploiting systems — and unfortunately, there's one way a popular peripheral can apparently lead attackers to hit PCs.

As reported by Notebookcheck, a cybersecurity researcher, Rasmus Moorats, has discovered that the Creative Sound Blaster Katana V2X speakers can reportedly be used to hack a user's PC via a Bluetooth Low Energy exploit, which has been dubbed Pwnd Blaster.

All that is required, according to the researcher, is for a PC user to have the Katana V2X connected to...

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