I'm sure it was completely unintentional and they're very sorry and taking this very seriously.
I'm sure it was completely unintentional and they're very sorry and taking this very seriously.
Archive: https://archive.today/YArgd
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>An unauthenticated attacker could access Molekule’s AWS IoT Core MQTT broker and subscribe to wildcard topics, receiving real-time device shadow updates from approximately 100,000 deployed IoT devices globally. The vulnerability stemmed from an improperly configured AWS Cognito Identity Pool that allowed anonymous access without authentication. This exposed sensitive data including WiFi SSIDs, MAC addresses, device names, sensor readings, and operational metadata for the entire device fleet. This is a case study on how seemingly innocuous AWS configuration mistakes can have massive security implications. More importantly, it demonstrates how application developers often expose their entire backend infrastructure through hardcoded credentials in mobile apps.
Archive: https://archive.today/YArgd
From the post:
>>An unauthenticated attacker could access Molekule’s AWS IoT Core MQTT broker and subscribe to wildcard topics, receiving real-time device shadow updates from approximately 100,000 deployed IoT devices globally. The vulnerability stemmed from an improperly configured AWS Cognito Identity Pool that allowed anonymous access without authentication. This exposed sensitive data including WiFi SSIDs, MAC addresses, device names, sensor readings, and operational metadata for the entire device fleet.
This is a case study on how seemingly innocuous AWS configuration mistakes can have massive security implications. More importantly, it demonstrates how application developers often expose their entire backend infrastructure through hardcoded credentials in mobile apps.
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