Google to patch Home, Chromecast bug that leaks user location
Tuesday - June 19, 2018 3:57 pm ,
Category : BUSINESS
San Francisco June 19 (IANS) Google is mulling to release a patch in the next few weeks to fix a security flaw in its "Home" smart speaker and Chromecast TV streaming stick that lets a website collect precise user location data the media reported.
According to a report by security reporter Brian Krebs the flaw disclosed by researcher Craig Young at a security firm named Tripwire works by exploiting a loophole in Google s systems to cross-check a list of nearby wireless networks with Google s precise geo-location look-up services.
Google confirmed the same day that it plans to patch the issue in July the CNET reported late on Monday.
"Young found he could use the web browser on a computer as a stepping stone to reach a Chromecast or Google Home smart speaker that was connected to the same router. In his test he was able to harvest information about his own location from his Chromecast " the report added.
The fix for the bug is expected to arrive sometime in the middle of July.
--IANS ksc/and/bg
According to a report by security reporter Brian Krebs the flaw disclosed by researcher Craig Young at a security firm named Tripwire works by exploiting a loophole in Google s systems to cross-check a list of nearby wireless networks with Google s precise geo-location look-up services.
Google confirmed the same day that it plans to patch the issue in July the CNET reported late on Monday.
"Young found he could use the web browser on a computer as a stepping stone to reach a Chromecast or Google Home smart speaker that was connected to the same router. In his test he was able to harvest information about his own location from his Chromecast " the report added.
The fix for the bug is expected to arrive sometime in the middle of July.
--IANS ksc/and/bg
