Practice makes it easier for attackers to launch Man in the Middle attacks.
The number of internet-connected smart devices using non-unique private keys for HTTPS server certificates has risen by a staggering 40% over the past nine months, according to SEC Consult.
The Vienna-based security consultancy recently revisited its November 2015 study on hard-coded crypto secrets in embedded systems only to find the number of devices still sharing known private keys had risen from 3.2 million to 4.5m.
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Source: http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/
