Lazy IoT, router makers reuse skeleton keys over and over in thousands of devices – new study

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It’s what we all assumed, but quietly hoped wasn’t quite this bad.

Lazy makers of home routers and the Internet of Things are reusing the same small set of hardcoded security keys, leaving them open to hijacking en masse, researchers have warned.

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Story added 26. November 2015, content source with full text you can find at link above.