More details about a now-patched vulnerability in Comcasts XR11 voice remotes have emerged. A man-in-the-middle attack conducted by researchers at Guardicore, dubbed WarezTheRemote, allowed the team to listen in on conversations from up to 65 feet away. The flaw was disclosed in October and has since been mitigated by Comcast. It highlights the stakes in deploying armies of seemingly benign internet-of-everything devices without basic security to protect them from being weaponized.”]
Source: https://threatpost.com/comcast-rf-attack-remotes-surveillance/169133/