CONTROLLING YOUR NEIGHBOUR’S LIGHTS – A VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT STUDY OVER COMMON ENERGY COMMERCIAL SERVICES

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Presented at bsideslisbon 2017 by

André Garrido

ZigBee is a wireless protocol with an extremely low energy consumption rate and has been widely adopted in Internet of Things technologies. A predominant concern for security has been a characteristic since its first standard and has remained in all the following versions. The main goal of this talk is to analyse ZigBee security. It includes a vulnerability survey and a list of all the available tools to help detecting those vulnerabilities. As a case-study, it is used a commercial system with the purpose of obtaining electrical consumption detailed information and controlling locally or remotely smart plugs of clients home. Through this product it is possible to switch equipments on or off, receiving alerts for any anomalies, monitoring consumption in real-time or over period of time, among many other functionalities. The study of the platform also included the web portal and its connection to the ZigBee network made through the IP network.