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Nearly a half-billion Internet of Things devices are vulnerable to cyberattacks at businesses worldwide because of a 10-year-old security flaw, according to a new report from a security software vendor.
The report was published Friday by Armis, a provider of Internet of Things security software for enterprises that focuses on detecting threats in IoT devices at workplaces. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company has previously made security disclosures, including the BlueBorne malware attack that impacted 5 billion IoT devices.
The web exploit in question is called DNS rebinding, an attack first disclosed at the RSA Conference in 2008 that allows an attacker to bypass a network firewall and use a victim's web browser to access other devices on the network. The attacker can gain access to the web browser through a malicious link enclosed within an email, banner ad or another source. This can leave devices susceptible to data exfiltration, compromise and hijacking, the latter of which could lead to a botnet attack similar to the Mirai malware that took down major websites in 2016.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 24 2018, @04:27PM
It was his first time doing something like this. Poppyham's past self never would have imagined that he would one day work as a substitute teacher, but here he was. He was quite nervous, but he knew he had to persevere. The man opened the door to the first grade classroom and walked in. Seeing all the children staring at him caused the man's anxiety to increase by several fold. Perhaps due to this, Poppyham's legs lost all of their strength and his vision went black. The last thing the man saw was the image of the children staring at him in shock...
Awaken. The man awakened. Where was he? It appeared as if he was still in the classroom. However... something was amiss. All of the children were still present and the classroom's appearance was identical to its former self, but something was off. After observing his surroundings for several seconds, Poppyham came to a stunning realization; one that would forever alter the nature of this place. It had happened again.
Yes, it. Someone who was unobservant would not be able to see it, but an astute observer would be able to piece together the puzzle. It was the children. They looked normal at first glance, but if one were to inspect them more closely, they would notice several shocking details; one, they were naked; two, none of them were moving or breathing; three, many of them had limbs or necks that were bent or twisted in impossible ways; four, many of them had stab wounds or slit throats; and five, some among them looked to have been beaten by a blunt instrument. All of these facts pointed to one thing: It had happened again.
"Oopsies!" Poppyham exclaimed. The man had once again blacked out and his other self had gotten a bit too playful, resulting in the brutal scene before him. The man then realized that whoever had to clean this mess up would be quite upset, so he decided to leave promptly before he was yelled at.
The man giggled like a child and rapidly tippy-toed out of the room, never to return. However, the man could not erase the fact that he existed in that place; the state of the room over the coming months - that smelly, smelly room - made that fact clear.