Intel Recalls Overheating Smartwatches Causing Burns, Offers Refunds

Intel has started a recall program for its Basis Peak smartwatch after the company failed to address overheating issues with a software update, now promising to refund all customers who bring their devices back in stores.

Intel launched an advisory in June to warn that its smartwatch was overheating and recommended customers to stop using it until a firmware update was issued to correct this problem.

In a new announcement released a few hours ago, Intel says that a software update couldn’t address the overheating, and the company decided to recall all smartwatches, with customers to receive a full refund for their purchase.

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title: Detect Exploitation - Intel Recalls Overheating Smartwatches Causing Burns, Offers Refunds
id: f2963300-43ed-4102-9719-6c338c922553
status: experimental
description: Automatisch generierte SIEM-Erkennungsregel basierend auf CTI Intelligence
references:
  - https://tsecurity.de/
author: iShareStuff CTI Automated Detection Engine
date: 2026-09-24
logsource:
  category: network_connection
  product: any
detection:
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      CommandLine|contains:
        - 'exploit'
  condition: selection
falsepositives:
  - Legitime administrative Zugriffe oder Penetrationstests
level: high
tags:
  - attack.initial_access

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        date = "2026-09-24"
        description = "YARA Signature for "
    strings:
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    condition:
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}