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Hi, what with the recent cyber attacks launched from malware-corrupted empedded controllers, I was wondering how safe our OpenSprinkler controllers are, and how to check if mine is infected.
Reference article (not technical): https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/22/smart-devices-too-dumb-to-fend-off-cyber-attacks-say-experts
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It’s very unlikely that your OpenSprinkler is infected: the IoT devices that are infected are generally based on some kind of real-time operating system, and these attacks leverage security holes in the real-time operating systems. OpenSprinkler is based on a microcontroller and does not use any real-time operating system. Its firmware can only be changed through USB, so there is no way for these attacks to modify its firmware and become bots.
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