- cross-posted to:
- electronics
- cross-posted to:
- electronics
Source Link Privacy.
Tarlogic Security has detected a backdoor in the ESP32, a microcontroller that enables WiFi and Bluetooth connection and is present in millions of mass-market IoT devices. Exploitation of this backdoor would allow hostile actors to conduct impersonation attacks and permanently infect sensitive devices such as mobile phones, computers, smart locks or medical equipment by bypassing code audit controls.
Update: The ESP32 “backdoor” that wasn’t.
Dude, do I really need to pedantically qualify my question with “I would like a list of manufactured devices produced for sale with the chip already integrated, not hobbyist or ersatz devices in limited quantity? Nobody needs that, and a reasonable person would understand I’m not interested in what joe schmoe built in is garage.
C’mon, it’s like you’re looking for an argument. No shit we can’t have a list of every device based on your criteria, but we can reasonably expect to know what manufactured large-run devices do have it, and I think that’s a reasonable take on my question.
I agree that a list would be cool but I need to make sure that people know this is not a “WARNING! Avoid these bugged devices:” situation. Calling for a list increases unjustified panic. (Also, it looked like you didn’t understand the difficulties of listing all ESP32 products, which I was all too happy to be pedantic about.)
Am I oddly curious about the cheapest/most expensive/most popular retail ESP32 device? Yes.
Does this news increase/decrease the benefit of making such a list? No, it’s still way below the cost.