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CISA corrects the fixed firmware for Eufy Omni C20 and X10 Pro robot vacuum flaws

CISA revised its advisory ICSA-26-267-02 on Eufy robot vacuums on 27 October 2026. Update A changes the affected versions and the fix. The original advisory from 24 September told owners of both the Omni C20 and the Omni X10 Pro to install version 1.6.4. The revised one gives a separate fixed version for each model and narrows which flaws affect th
Oct 27, 2026
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Linux kernel changes point to a Raspberry Pi Zero 3 W and a Raspberry Pi 4 Model A, both on the Pi 4 chip

Raspberry Pi seems to be preparing two boards it has not announced yet: a Raspberry Pi Zero 3 W and a Raspberry Pi 4 Model A. Device tree files for both were merged into Raspberry Pi's fork of the Linux kernel on 25 October 2026, in a pull request titled "Add device tree for Pi Zero 3 W and Pi 4A" from Raspberry Pi engineer Marta Momotko. Hackster.
Oct 27, 2026
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Aqara opens a 60-tester trial of the Camera G510 and Security Station M410 in Europe, including Poland, ahead of launch

Aqara has started a pre-launch trial for two security products it showed at IFA 2026 in September: the battery-powered Camera G510 and the Security Station M410. The trial was announced on the Aqara Forum on 26 October 2026. Sixty testers in the EU, the UK and a few neighbouring countries will be able to buy the two devices as a kit for 49.99, befo
Oct 26, 2026
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Cheap Yoosee cameras send live video unencrypted and join open Free-AP networks on their own, with no patch

Three vulnerabilities in Yoosee smart cameras built on the Grain Media GM8135S chip were published in the US National Vulnerability Database on October 26, 2026. They affect firmware up to and including 21.00.01.36, possibly other versions too. The vendor, Shenzhen Gwell Times, has not responded to the researcher and has not released a fix. The res
Oct 26, 2026
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SmartThings hub firmware 0.62.15 finishes rolling out: the app talks to the hub locally, and hubs can join another Thread network

Samsung finished rolling out SmartThings hub firmware 0.62.15 on 26 October 2026, ending a 0.62.x update cycle that took almost two months. The release covers the SmartThings Hub v2 (2015) and v3 (2018), the Aeotec Smart Home Hub and Smart Home Hub 2, and the ThingsOne Smart Home Hub. 0.62.15 itself only brings "minor bug fixes and performance impr
Oct 26, 2026
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Conow launches the Atlas 6000 AC plug-in home battery in Germany

Conow, an energy brand built together with Tuya Smart, announced on 26 October 2026 that its Atlas 6000 AC home battery is now on sale in Germany through local distributors. It is aimed at households that already have rooftop solar and want to store surplus energy without replacing their inverter.
Oct 26, 2026
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Z-Wave JS UI 11.25.2 ends the HTTPS crash loop caused by old 1024-bit certificates

Z-Wave JS UI 11.25.2 came out on 26 October 2026 with one real fix. Since 11.25.0, some installations with HTTPS turned on would not start at all: the Docker container restarted over and over and the log showed ERR_SSL_EE_KEY_TOO_SMALL ("ee key too small"). The new version repairs most of those setups on its own, but it also makes the custom certif
Oct 26, 2026
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Zigbee2MQTT adds native support for the Aqara Outdoor Plug H2 EU

Aqara's Outdoor Plug H2 EU no longer needs an external converter in Zigbee2MQTT. On 25 October 2026 Koen Kanters (Koenkk) merged change #13589 into zigbee-herdsman-converters, the device library behind Zigbee2MQTT, and released it the same day as version 26.124.0. A few minutes later Zigbee2MQTT's dev branch moved to that version, so anyone running
Oct 25, 2026
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