Over 1 Million Baby Monitors, Security Cameras Exposed Through Meari Flaws
2026-05-13T08:51:57Z•73d9d7de653b2db4882abe61be858ffc198eda81eafcd9faa350b3d508445d17
2FAAI-assisted attackAccount takeoverAndroidCISACallPhantomCanvasGoogle AppSheetGoogle PlayIoTLinux kernelMeariSaaS compromiseShinyHuntersWhatsAppbaby monitorsmacOS malwaremalicious appsphishingprivilege escalationroot exploitsecurity camerassocial engineering','Gmail privacy','Secure Boot certificates','zero-click RCEzero-day
What happened
Multiple high-impact security stories: Meari IoT vulnerabilities exposed camera feeds and device data across over 1 million baby monitors/security cameras; Google reports attackers used AI to help build a zero-day exploit that targeted 2FA; CISA warns a nine-year-old Linux 'Copy Fail' kernel flaw is being actively exploited to gain root on unpatched systems; Meta/WhatsApp and Android received patches for high-risk flaws (including a zero-click RCE); Google AppSheet abuse enabled phishing that compromised ~30,000 Facebook business accounts; ShinyHunters-linked actors defaced/extorted university
Why it matters
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- 2026-05-13T08:51:57Z
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- Yes
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