ANALYSIS OF SECURITY VULNERABILITIES CAUSED BY HUMAN ERROR IN IOT DEVICES

Year 2024, Volume: 12 Issue: 2, 403 - 415, 30.06.2024

Mevlüt Sevinç İsa Avcı

https://doi.org/10.21923/jesd.1231326

Abstract

The use of personal computers, which started in the 1970s, is now a use of hundreds of different personal products. Cell phones, smart wristbands and watches, tablets, and even the blackboards used in schools are now connected to the internet and interact with each other. This interaction, now called IoT (Internet of Things), is also attracting the attention of scientists. IoT devices are used not only in daily life but also in many areas such as corporate, industrial, health, agriculture, etc. Especially with the increasing use of smart devices in daily life, a device ecosystem has emerged spontaneously. Information such as heart rhythm measurement, deep sleep sleep times, daily step count, etc. are tracked 24/7 by these devices. This raises many security issues. Possible reasons such as theft, alteration, and sale of personal data to second parties are seen as interesting for hackers. Especially the protection of credit card information and banking information is of great importance. One of the reasons for these security vulnerabilities is the human error that is the primary user of these devices. This study will examine the factors that threaten the security of IoT devices, which have such a place in human life, and what people should do to ensure security measures. In addition, security flaws that create security vulnerabilities in these devices and security errors caused by humans and the solutions that users can take will be analyzed.

Keywords

IoT Devices, IoT Security, IoT Security Attacks, Human-Caused Faults

IOT CİHAZLARINDA İNSAN HATASINDAN KAYNAKLANAN GÜVENLİK AÇIKLARININ ANALİZİ

Abstract

1970’li yıllarda başlayan kişisel bilgisayarların kullanımı günümüzde artık yüzlerde çeşit kişisel ürünün kullanımı olarak devam etmektedir. Cep telefonları, akıllı bileklikler ve saatler, tabletler, hatta okullarda kullanılan tahtalar bile artık internete bağlı ve etkileşim halindedirler. Günümüzde IoT (Internet of Things) olarak adlandırılan bu etkileşim, bilim insanlarının da dikkatini çekmektedir. IoT cihazları sadece günlük yaşamda değil, kurumsal, endüstriyel, sağlık, tarım vb. birçok alanda da kullanılmaktadır. Özellikle akıllı cihazların günlük yaşamda kullanımının artmasıyla beraber bir cihaz ekosistemi de kendiliğinden ortaya çıkmıştır. Kalp ritminin ölçümü, derin uyku uyuma süreleri, günlük adım sayısı gibi bilgiler bu cihazlar sayesinde insanların 7/24 takibini sağlamaktadır. Bu durum da beraberinde birçok güvenlik sorununu açığa çıkarmaktadır. Kişisel verilerin çalınması, değiştirilmesi ve ikinci şahıslara satılması gibi muhtemel sebepler bilgisayar korsanları açısından ilgi çekici olarak görülmektedir. Özellikle kredi kartı bilgileri, bankacılık bilgilerinin korunması büyük önem arz etmektedir. Bahsedilen bu güvenlik açıklarının sebeplerinden birisi bu cihazları birincil olarak kullanan insandan kaynaklı hatalardır. Bu çalışmada; insan hayatında bu derece yer eden IoT cihazlarının güvenliğini tehdit eden unsurlar, güvenlik önlemlerini sağlamak için insanların yapması gerekenler incelenecektir. Ayrıca, bu cihazlarda güvenlik açığı oluşturan ve insanlardan kaynaklı güvenlik hataları ile kullanıcıların alabileceği çözüm önerileri analiz edilecektir.

Keywords

Iot Cihazları, Iot Güvenlik, Iot Güvenlik Saldırıları, İnsan Kaynaklı Hatalar

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