Presentation 2024-03-21
One Million Routers Under Control: Vulnerabilities in DDNS of IoT Devices
Kanta Okugawa, Yoshiki Mori, Masaki Kubo, Takahiro Kasama, Koichi Mouri, Daisuke Inoue,
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Abstract(in English) IoT devices such as routers and webcams have dynamic DNS (DDNS) functions as one of the methods to remotely manage devices. While DDNS enhances the convenience of remote management, it also poses risks of making it easier for attackers to access to the IoT devices. Therefore, it is necessary to be careful about the secure implementation and use of DDNS functions. However, to our knowledge, there has been to no research on the use of DDNS functions in IoT devices. In this study, we conducted a survey of DDNS functions in IoT devices sold in Japan in order to clarify the usage status and risks of DDNS functions in IoT devices. As a result, we found a vulnerability in the implementation of the DDNS function in a specific vendor's router, which is used in more than one million units worldwide, and an attack method that allows a malicious third party to steal the router's authentication information. In this paper, in addition to the results of these investigations, we discuss the actual situation of vulnerability exploitation based on long-term tracking of DDNS domains, and present a policy for the secure implementation and use of DDNS functions in IoT devices.
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Keyword(in English) IoT Device / DDNS / MITM Attack / Authentication Information Theft
Paper # ICSS2023-78
Date of Issue 2024-03-14 (ICSS)

Conference Information
Committee ICSS / IPSJ-SPT
Conference Date 2024/3/21(2days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) OIST
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Security, Trust, etc.
Chair Daisuke Inoue(NICT)
Vice Chair Akira Yamada(Kobe Univ.) / Toshihiro Yamauchi(Okayama Univ.)
Secretary Akira Yamada(Mitsubishi Electric) / Toshihiro Yamauchi(Univ. of Electro-Comm.)
Assistant Yo Kanemoto(NTT) / Masaya Sato(Okayama Prefectural Univ.)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Information and Communication System Security / Special Interest Group on Security Psychology and Trust
Language JPN
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
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Title (in English) One Million Routers Under Control: Vulnerabilities in DDNS of IoT Devices
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) IoT Device
Keyword(2) DDNS
Keyword(3) MITM Attack
Keyword(4) Authentication Information Theft
1st Author's Name Kanta Okugawa
1st Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University/NICT(Ritsumei/NICT)
2nd Author's Name Yoshiki Mori
2nd Author's Affiliation NICT(NICT)
3rd Author's Name Masaki Kubo
3rd Author's Affiliation NICT(NICT)
4th Author's Name Takahiro Kasama
4th Author's Affiliation NICT(NICT)
5th Author's Name Koichi Mouri
5th Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumei)
6th Author's Name Daisuke Inoue
6th Author's Affiliation NICT(NICT)
Date 2024-03-21
Paper # ICSS2023-78
Volume (vol) vol.123
Number (no) ICSS-448
Page pp.pp.63-70(ICSS),
#Pages 8
Date of Issue 2024-03-14 (ICSS)