Gaming soundbar can be hijacked from over 16 yards away without touch or pairing — the company allegedly refuses to label the blatant security flaw a cybersecurity risk

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https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/creatives-sound-blaster-katana-v2x-can-be-hijacked-over-bluetooth

It accepts unsigned firmware over an unauthenticated Bluetooth link.

Research post: https://blog.nns.ee/2026/06/03/katana-badusb/

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I love that the “hacker” background image implies someone with root chose to run nmap manually for each ip in a /24 then pipe to a new file

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if you’ve seen LLM’s attempts at network pentesting…

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Creative’s Sound Blaster Katana V2X

That’s the company and model speaker.

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You mean a company that sued an open source developer for bringing SB Live! driver (free of charge) to Windows 7 (unsupported/non-existent/broken driver)?

I’m SHOCKED, shocked I tell you.

Fuck Creative Labs, will never own anything from that scummy company.

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