Andreas Makris
Coverage of Andreas Makris in the Nexus archive.
- Robot mower flaw could open your home network
A security report by Andreas Makris reveals serious flaws in Yarbo's robot mowers, allowing remote access, live camera viewing, and Wi-Fi credential theft. Yarbo confirmed the issues and is rolling out fixes, but the vulnerabilities highlight risks of smart yard devices on home networks.
- Yarbo says it will remove the intentional backdoor from its robot lawn mower
Yarbo will remove the intentional backdoor from its robot lawn mower, allowing customers to decide whether the feature gets installed. The company had previously promised to tackle security issues after a researcher easily hijacked the robots. Yarbo's decision comes after security concerns were raised.
- A hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower
A hacker named Andreas Makris demonstrated security flaws in Yarbo's robot lawn mowers by hacking into one and controlling it from nearly 6,000 miles away. The hack was done to show the gaping security holes in the devices. The experiment involved a person lying down in the mower's path to test how far Makris could control the device.