Nexx Product Line Vulnerabilities

25 April 2023 by Phillip JohnstonThis story serves as a prime example of the reason we support security-related regulatory efforts. There are a number of fundamental practices you should focus on with respect to security and privacy. Regulatory efforts and their supporting standards often reference this set of fundamentals. Examples include: Validate inputs Authenticate access Don’t use universal default passwords or other hard-coded credentials Encrypt sensitive data And yet, Nexx’s line of garage door controllers, alarms, and plugs have failed on all of those counts. Nexx’s devices can be used to control garage doors, home security alarms, and smart plugs …

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