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What happens when you can't update the IoT device then, reboot may remove the attacker but the IP will be the same (and even if it changes, probably wouldn't be
by puddintane 10y ago
What happens when you can't update the IoT device then, reboot may remove the attacker but the IP will be the same (and even if it changes, probably wouldn't be long before the next address is scanned and put back into being a zombie) and they would be right back in if you can't update and patch the flaw that let them in.
I think in all honesty the regulation sounds best, requiring the router makers to disable features such as UPNP would prevent massive attacks like these.
- madeofpalk 10y agoThe Mirai botnet didn't write it's software into permanent storage on the hacked devices - it would be erased upon reboot. But then the device would be 'hacked' again within minutes of it coming back online.
- petre 10y agoThen just modify the Mirai source to disable internet access and isolate the devices instead? It's already public.