Researcher Has New Attack For Embedded Devices

tinkertim writes "Computerworld is reporting that a researcher at Juniper has discovered an interesting vulnerability that can be used to compromise ARM and Xscale based electronic devices such as many popular routers and mobile phones. According to the article, the vulnerability would allow hackers to execute code and compromise personal information or re-direct internet traffic at the router level. Juniper plans to demonstrate not only the researcher's discovery, but also how he managed to use a common JTAG developed Boundary Scan to discover the vulnerability at this month's CanSecWest conference in hopes of shifting more of the black hat community to looking at devices instead of software."

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Re:Is the answer here?

[Anonymous Coward]

For the Grammar Nazis and the "I hate idiots who put the entire URL in as the URL text" people...

Processor Magazine is reporting that developers at Steelcape have developed a new solution [for] sending data without opening ports on the firewall. Will this work with embedded devices?