Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks

Re:Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in... by imglorp on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @02:17PM (#39279123)

Is nobody going to mention Java running on the toothbrush?

One might guess the firmware included a battery controller, bluetooth or wifi stacks, a little storage, and business logic for buttons and brushing.

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Re:Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in... by cfeduke on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @02:55PM (#39279639)

3 billion devices run Java!

;)

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Re:Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in... by duohedron on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @04:18PM (#39280776)

"3 Billion Devices Run Java"

Maybe not all of them should.

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Re:Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in... by tjasko on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @04:22PM (#39280825)

Why does it matter? Embedded Java is quite popular. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_Java

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Re:Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in... by p91paul on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @03:12AM (#39285884)

well, you need to have something to run that business logic (which includes phoning home to the manufacturer), don't you? Java is as good as any other runtime.

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