Researcher finds Chinese KVM has undocumented microphone, communicates with China-based servers — Sipeed’s nanoKVM switch has other severe security flaws and allows audio recording, claims researcher | Tom’s Hardware

A security researcher has found that the Sipeed NanoKVM, a budget remote management device, contains an undocumented microphone that can be activated remotely, and it communicates with China-based servers. The device also suffers from other severe security flaws, including a lack of firmware integrity checks and the inclusion of network testing utilities on a device intended for production environments.