When it comes to sound libraries, having instruments that deliver a convincing and satisfying result matters as much for hobbyists than professionals.

I'm part of the first category, so coughing up 500+ bucks for a orchestral library is not reasonable. For anyone willing to go pro, that could be seen as an investment for the future, but that's not my case.

I recently purchased 2 cheap libraries (compared to the pro standards) that, put together, provide a cost-effective mix of articulations and sound quality. They both run on the free Kontakt Player, are reasonably gentle on the CPU and storage, and cost less than 150$ each.

Today, there is a decent choice of IP cameras for the Tuya ecosystem (Smartlife) but the Sonoff-compatible range seems currently limited to the GK-200MP2B.

Here's a quick look at it.

Xiaomi MIUI overlay has greatly improved over the recent years and I start to like it.

What I like less is the increased amount of ads that sneaked in every corner of it

Obviously Xiaomi fail their promise to cut down on ads in MIUI 11.

Tranya sells a range of wireless earbuds and the Rimor is one of their latest and best model.

They've been kind enough to send me a pair of these and here's the outcome.

The iPazzPort KP-62 is an RF remote I bought some time ago thinking it could be better than the H1 or even the unmatched TZ-P3.

XSS or Cross Site Scripting is a common vulnerability in software allowing attacker to inject code via the user interface.
Often, an input field just intended to collect a server address or user name will also accept entries of a different nature that will be interpreted by the system.

Low-cost IP Cameras, but also more professional ones, have been exposed to XSS for many years, a good reminder that such network devices should not be directly exposed to the Internet!
Hopefully that vulnerability is now well known and many manufacturers eventually "patched" their devices or reduced the attack surface by removing telnet and ftp altogether.

If your IP camera has a HTTP-based user interface, here's a working example of command injection (for learning purpose). This works great on old generation Veskys and Digoo BB-M2 (the pictures below comes from that model), and does not with the Wanscam models I tested.

First check if the admin interface of your camera as an FTP server settings page like this:



Then instead of FTP Server address, copy this command:
The actual FTP server test will report "Test  ...  Failed" which doesn't matter at all because the commands have been executed.

After that, use any telnet emulator, like Putty, and connect to the camera on port 23

As the owner of the camera, this trick allows you to gain full control on your camera.

"hslwificam"

Source: https://nm-projects.de/2017/01/hacking-ip-camera-digoo-bb-m2-part-3-getting-root-access/

More reading:
https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/about-us/newsroom-and-events/blog/2010/february/busybox-command-injection/