Course 9 - Internet of Things Security | Episode 3: IOT Security: Challenges, Vulnerabilities, and Real-World Cyber-Physical Attacks
Update: 2025-11-21
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In this lesson, you’ll learn about:
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- The major security challenges and market pressures affecting IoT
- Common vulnerabilities and design flaws in IoT devices
- Real-world attack case studies demonstrating the risks of insecure IoT systems
- Best practices and recommendations for implementing secure IoT solutions
- Cyber Insurance: The rapid growth of cyber insurance highlights the financial and reputational risks associated with cyber-attacks and IoT data breaches.
- Balancing Functionality and Security: IoT devices are often rushed to market, creating a trade-off between security, usability, and feature rollout.
- User Literacy: Lack of awareness or education about security increases risk in a highly connected world.
- System Design: Security must be integrated from the outset rather than retrofitted after deployment.
- API and Storage Issues: Many devices use unsecured local or cloud APIs, store sensitive data unencrypted, or fail to protect collected information.
- Authentication and Access: Weak or default credentials, exposed network ports, and remote shell access increase the attack surface.
- Physical Threats: Local attackers can manipulate devices to compromise security.
- Legacy Threat Transfer: Vulnerabilities common in traditional computing devices (e.g., printers, PCs) often appear in IoT devices.
- Baby Monitors:
- Authentication bypass allowed arbitrary account creation without verification.
- Privilege escalation enabled ordinary users to gain administrative access via URL manipulation.
- Smart Fridges:
- Integration with Gmail failed to validate SSL certificates, enabling credential theft.
- Attackers could monitor networks and potentially access linked email accounts.
- Smart Vehicles (Autonomous Technologies):
- Open ports, Bluetooth, and cellular interfaces allowed remote control of critical functions (e.g., transmission, air conditioning, wipers).
- Findings led to the recall of 1.4 million vehicles, showing the real-world impact of IoT insecurity.
- Security by Design: Integrate security during the design phase, not after deployment.
- Credentials and Authentication: Use complex credentials and disable insecure factory defaults.
- Network Security: Ensure robust pairing authentication and secure communication channels between devices.
- Trusted Networks: Limit device connections to a verified set of trusted devices.
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