ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet

It has been revealed that a previously disclosed serious vulnerability in D-Link IoT devices including baby monitors could affect more than 120 products around the world.

The stack overflow bug can be exploited “with a single command which contains custom assembly code and a string crafted to exercise the overflow,” security firm Senrio claimed last month.

It allows an attacker to set their own password for an affected device, effectively giving them remote access.

“Instead of setting a new password as the exploit, an attacker could just as easily add a new user with administrator access, download firmware or otherwise re-configure this device,” Senrio added.

This would give a hacker virtual carte blanche to spy on internet traffic, install backdoors and more.

According to Security Week, D-Link is still working on a fix for the bug, having determined it affects over 120 of its products, including routers, cameras, modems and more.

That equates to a massive 414,949 devices worldwide potentially at risk – with most of them in the United States.

 

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=wearables

 

https://globaleducationandsocialmedia.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/why-is-it-a-must-to-have-basics-knowledge-of-cyber-security-in-a-connected-technology-world/

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=SHODAN+Search+Engine

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Internet+of+Things

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=smart-TV

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Internet+of+things

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Cars