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IoT Unravelled Part 3: Security

Troy Hunt

In part 1 of this series, I posited that the IoT landscape is an absolute mess but Home Assistant (HA) does an admirable job of tying it all together. I also looked at custom firmware and soldering and why, to my mind, that was a path I didn't need to go down at this time. Now for the big challenge - security. Let's dive into it.

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P2P Weakness Exposes Millions of IoT Devices

Krebs on Security

iLnkP2p is bundled with millions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including security cameras and Webcams, baby monitors, smart doorbells, and digital video recorders. He found that 39 percent of the vulnerable IoT things were in China; another 19 percent are located in Europe; seven percent of them are in use in the United States.

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Beyond the Office: Securing Home Devices and Networks Against Corporate Breaches

SecureWorld News

Avoid charging mobile devices through a computer; instead, use separate adapters. Use the administrator account only for maintenance, software installation, or firmware updates. Consider segmenting your Wi-Fi networks: one for main use, one for guests, and another for IoT devices. Fully utilize firewall capabilities.

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How to Configure a Router to Use WPA2 in 7 Easy Steps

eSecurity Planet

Most of us connect our mobile devices to a Wi-Fi router for internet access, but this connection can leave our network and data vulnerable to cyber threats. As long as you’re in there, you should take address any security warnings; perhaps your firewall security setting is too low, for example.

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The State of Endpoint Security Management in 2022: It’s Worse Than You Suspect

CyberSecurity Insiders

These can be mobile phones, workstations, desktop and laptop computers, tablet computers, smartphones, IoT devices, wearable smart devices, as well as virtual environments, among many others. Based on numbers from Statista , there will be over 40 billion connected devices by 2030, and most of these are IoT products.

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BLEEDINGBIT Bluetooth flaws in TI chips expose enterprises to remote attacks

Security Affairs

Security experts from the IoT security firm Armis, the same that found the BlueBorne Bluetooth flaws, have discovered two serious vulnerabilities in BLE chips designed by Texas Instruments. The flaw can only be exploited if the device using the chip has the over-the-air firmware download (OAD) feature enabled. ” concludes Armis.

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A daily average of 80,000 printers exposed online via IPP

Security Affairs

The Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) is a specialized Internet protocol for communication between client devices (computers, mobile phones, tablets, etc.) “Obviously, these counts only represent devices that are not firewalled and allow direct querying over the IPv4 Internet.” and printers (or print servers).