Investigating the State of Security of Household Smart Appliances
Jonathan Derenge · 2022 IEEE 19th International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS) · 2022
The market for household IoT has grown substantially in recent years. Advances in chip technology, as well as the adoption of the Web of Things framework have enabled manufacturers to create a variety of products with extensive capabilities. This paper examines three household smart appliances. These include: the WiFi Tabletop Heater model AT1482 by Atomi, the Onelink Safe Sound model 1039102, and the PTZ ZS-GQ4 outdoor security camera by IoGeek. The author was not involved in the selection of these products. A testing environment was created, consisting of all these devices connected to one access point, a Hak5 Wi-Fi Pineapple (Mark VII model). The methodology for testing was black box. Reconnaissance techniques included open-source intelligence, packet sniffing, probing, and application interrogation. The vendors will receive a copy of the final report highlighting security issues affecting their products.