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Beware of the App! On the Vulnerability Surface of Smart Devices through their Companion Apps
[article]
2019
arXiv
pre-print
Internet of Things (IoT) devices are becoming increasingly important. These devices are often resource-limited, hindering rigorous enforcement of security policies. Assessing the vulnerability of IoT devices is an important problem, but analyzing their firmware is difficult for a variety of reasons, including requiring the purchase of devices. This paper finds that analyzing companion apps to these devices for clues to security vulnerabilities can be an effective strategy. Compared to device
arXiv:1901.10062v1
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