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Minim Introduces Cable Haunt Virtual Patch – Multichannel

Minim, a maker of AI-driven WiFi and IoT security software, has announced a new virtual patch to detect and prevent attacks exploiting “Cable Haunt,” a vulnerability affecting hundreds of millions of cable modems around the world with certain Broadcom chips.

“We had to pounce on Cable Haunt,” said Alec Rooney, Minim co-founder and CTO, in a statement. “A pioneering exploit, this DNS rebind attack infiltrates the trusted side of the home gateway— a sacred space in our book. Cable Haunt validates our belief that AI-driven network-level security is the best way to protect connected devices with varying degrees of updatability in homes.”

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