If you use “smart” connected devices at your home or office, then those Internet of Things (IoT) devices are at risk of an attack that is nearly ancient in tech-years, as it has been around since 2007.
Previously this year, it came to light that Google Home, Roku, Sonos, Chromecast, smart home Radio Thermostat CT50 & CT80 and all Blizzard games were vulnerable to DNS rebinding attacks. Now IoT security vendor Armis warns that nearly half a billion “smart” devices are vulnerable to the decade-old DNS rebinding attack vector.
The vulnerabilities are “everywhere.” Due to the wide variety of about 496 million vulnerable devices – printers, smart TVs, streaming media players and speakers, IP cameras, IP phones, switches, routers and access points – Armis warned that “nearly all enterprises are susceptible” to DNS rebinding attacks, which give remote attackers a way to get around firewalls and gain access to vulnerable devices on a local network – devices that were never meant to be accessed by the public.
