# PP091: News Roundup–Securing MCP, Hunting Backdoors, and Getting the Creeps From AI Kids’ Toys

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Podcast: [Packet Protector](https://stenobird.com/podcast/packet-protector-6781347)
Published: 2025-12-16T18:35:42+00:00
Episode link: https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/packet-protector/pp091-news-roundup-securing-mcp-hunting-backdoors-and-getting-the-creeps-from-ai-kids-toys/
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Duration seconds: 3240

## Resource

Our final news roundup for 2025 is a holiday sampler of tasty, chewy (and a few yucky) confections. We look at a years-long exploit campaign that used browser extensions to steal credentials, inject malicious content, and track behavior; tracks ongoing exploits using the React2Shell vulnerability; and debates whether a surveillance camera maker’s pledge to follow ... Read more »

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