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Eken fixes ‘terrible’ video doorbell issue that could let someone spy on you

A company that manufactures video doorbells found by Consumer Reports to contain serious security vulnerabilities has issued a fix, the consumer advocacy group is reporting. Eken Group has issued a firmware update for the affected security products under its own name, as well as those from other brands it has licensing deals with, including Fishbot, Rakeblue, Tuck, and others. All the video doorbells use the Aiwit smartphone app and could be purchased from popular online retailers like Amazon, Shein, Temu, and Walmart.  Back in February, CR reported that it found vulnerabilities in Eken-produced video doorbells that “could allow a dangerous person to take control of the video doorbell on their target’s home.” Gaining access to the doorbell didn’t even require any level of hacking knowledge: bad actors could simply download the Aiwit app, go to their target’s home, and hold down the doorbell’s button to pair it with their own smartphones, change their Wi-Fi network, and take control of the device.  Additionally, anyone with the doorbell’s serial number could remotely view still images from the …

Creator of popular OTT sleuth ‘Eken Babu’ dies in Kolkata at 80

Creator of popular OTT sleuth ‘Eken Babu’ dies in Kolkata at 80 ( Photo Credit – Twitter ) Sujan Dasgupta, the creator of popular Bengali detective OTT series character ‘Ekendra Sen’ alias ‘Eken Babu’, died at his residence here on Wednesday. He was 80. According to the police, his body was recovered from his residence at a housing complex adjacent to the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass on Wednesday morning. Police sources said that Dasgupta was staying alone since his wife had gone for a trip to Santiniketan. On Wednesday morning, the domestic help working at his residence could not get any reply even after repeatedly pressing the calling bell as well as banging the door. The domestic help then informed his neighbours who informed the local Survey Park police station. The cops came and broke open the door and recovered his body from Sujan Dasgupta’s bedroom. The body has been sent for post-mortem. Police sources said that in all probability, there is nothing unnatural in his death. “But given the circumstances under which the body was …

Eken Babu writer Sujan Dasgupta found dead, Anirban Chakrabarti in shock

Sujan Dasgupta, the writer of Bengali detective series and movie on Ekendra Sen, aka Eken Babu, died on Wednesday morning. He was 80. According to multiple Bengali news reports, he was found dead in his South Kolkata flat by his staff. Reportedly, he was alone as his wife went to Shantiniketan. Also read: Anirban Chakrabarti wishes to see Saurabh Shukla as Eken Babu Currently, Survey Park Police of Kolkata is investigating the death case. His body has been sent for a postmortem. Amid this, actor Anirban Chakrabarti who plays Eken Babu said in a statement, “I honestly don’t know what to say about this, I’m at a loss of words. Sujan Dasgupta is someone I owe a lot to. I am Eken Babu to a lot of people first and Anirban Chakrabarti second, and to think that the man behind that very character is no more just breaks my heart.” “Sujan Da, was someone who was extremely talented and witty, he used to often quip saying that he had imagined Eken Babu to look different …