Investigating Threats Posed by SMS Origin Spoofing to IoT Devices

arXiv:2310.11052v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: The short message service (SMS) is a service for exchanging texts via mobile networks that has been developed not only as a means of text communication between subscribers but also as a means to remotely manage Internet of Things (IoT) devices. However, the originating number of an SMS can be spoofed. If IoT devices authenticate administrators based on the originating number of an SMS, the authentication is bypassed via SMS origin spoofing. Consequently, IoT devices …

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