Lovense vulnerabilities: insecure adult toys www.kaspersky.com/blog/love…

Our blog has covered vulnerabilities in some unusual gadgets — from smart mattress covers and robot vacuums to traffic signal audio buttons, children’s toys, pet feeders, and even bicycles. But the case we’re discussing today might just be the most… exotic yet. Recently, cybersecurity researchers uncovered two extremely serious vulnerabilities in the remote control apps for… Lovense sex toys.

Everything about this story is wild: the nature of the vulnerable gadgets, the company’s intention to take 14 months (!) to fix the problems, and the scandalous details that emerged after researchers published their findings. So let’s… get stuck straight in to right into this tale, which is as absurd as it is fantastic.