"IoT security woes: This smart dishwasher was found connected to an unsecured web server for months"

Further emphasizing the potential security vulnerabilities of IoT devices, a smart dishwasher has been revealed to be connected to an unsecured web server. Despite being notified of this security flaw by a security expert, the manufacture chose to ignore it. This vulnerability can be exploited to launch a traversal attack, which would allow an attacker to access sensitive data and perform additional attacks. This article discusses how security experts discovered this flaw as well as the concerns of security experts behind IoT devices. 

International Business Times reports "IoT security woes: This smart dishwasher was found connected to an unsecured web server for months"

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