Research Worth Reading Week 24/2025

Published: 15 Jun 2025

A great week with a diverse mix of content to please everyone!

🎶 Streaming Zero-Fi Shells to Your Smart Speaker

An engaging write-up on the work involved in the SOHO flavour of Pwn2Own: Streaming Zero-Fi Shells to Your Smart Speaker.

🎥 Netflix Vulnerability: Dependency Confusion in Action

Netflix wasn’t too chill with its dependencies: Dependency Confusion in Action.

📲 iOS Research Docker Environment

Everything you need to set up your iOS hacking environment: iOS Research Docker Environment.

Escaping ‘<’ and ‘>’ in Attributes – How It Helps Protect Against Mutation XSS

A big change in the XSS world, with more details on the upcoming escaping of < and > in attributes: Escaping ‘<’ and ‘>’ in Attributes – How It Helps Protect Against Mutation XSS.

🛤️ Code Audit on Ruby on Rails for the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund

A security review of Ruby on Rails v8.0.1 performed by X41 (PDF): Rails Audit Final Report.

🪞 NTLM Reflection Is Dead, Long Live NTLM Reflection! – An In-Depth Analysis of CVE-2025-33073

An excellent deep-dive from the Synacktiv team on CVE-2025-33073: NTLM Reflection Is Dead, Long Live NTLM Reflection.

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