Smart IoT devices are increasingly being purchased to bolster home, and business, security. Which is all well and good until a device management company forgets to password protect the user database and leaves 2 billion passwords and other data open to anyone...
Of these, the most problematical are the password and password reset codes that are being logged. Even though these had not been encrypted, they had been hashed using MD5. Unlike encryption, which is a two-way function in that it is designed so you can decrypt the data at some point, hashing is a one-way thing that isn't reversible. Hashing turns a plaintext password into a unique hexadecimal string, it's an authentication thing, a check-sum if you like.
But that's just the tip of this incident iceberg, given that a number of home security devices are included in the Orvibo product line. These include smart locks, home security cameras and full smart home kits."With the information that has leaked," the report says,"it's clear that there is nothing secure about these devices. Even having one of these devices installed could undermine, rather than enhance, your physical security.
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