Massive RSA Encryption Flaw Exposes Millions Of IoT Devices To Attack (informationsecuritybuzz.com)
from kid@sh.itjust.works to cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works on 18 Mar 11:41
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NaNin@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 18 Mar 12:08 next collapse

I’m not surprised. RSA is deprecated as a public key method in openssh. There’s no reiable implementation anywhere. Seems like IoT manufacturers consider security as an afterthought. Anyone pushing for anything other than ed25519 just wants to decrease your security footing

wise_pancake@lemmy.ca on 18 Mar 12:44 next collapse

This is why my house is free of IOT devices

Their lack of security is not new.

Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works on 18 Mar 12:58 collapse

How will you know when your toast is done? Unless you get a notification from an app, there is no way to be certain. Schrödinger’s toast bro.

Laundry finished?

Expired milk in the fridge?

Toothbrush bristles need replacing?

Their is no way to know, might as well live in a cave and bang rocks together.

Fermiverse@gehirneimer.de on 18 Mar 14:34 collapse

No problem the S in IoT stands for security

¯\(ツ)

drspod@lemmy.ml on 18 Mar 13:03 next collapse

The referenced paper: keyfactor.com/…/Factoring-RSA-Keys-in-the-IoT-Era…

kibiz0r@midwest.social on 18 Mar 13:59 collapse

Kinda misleading headline.

It’s not a flaw in RSA, but the lack of entropy in lightweight devices without many inputs. ECC would have basically the same problem.

Maybe “random number generation flaw” would be more accurate.