Re: Hackery Channel 01-09-01-LOLZ: Cat Spoofing against Flow Control

[Charles Morris <charlesmorris () gmail com>]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:04 PM, hack ery <hackery.channel () gmail com> wrote:
> Security Risk:  High
> Exploitable: Local
> Vulnerability: Arbitrary Flow Control Control, Cat Spoofing
> Discovered by: The Hackery Channel
> Tested: No
>
> The Flow Control project is an access control project for a cat.  It
> consists of a cat door, an electromagnetic latch, a access control device,
> and image recognition software that allows Flow to enter the house, and only
> when she is not carrying prey.  When Flow is within proximity of the door,
> she passes through a light that casts a shadow on an area monitored by a
> camera.  If the silouhette, appears to be  Flow without prey, access is
> granted.
>
> Cat Spoofing:  An attacker could potentially gain access by posing as a
> kitty by placing a cut out of the kitty next to the light.
>
> Mitigation: None.
> Work around: Guard dog
> Vendor Notified: No
> Vendor Site: http://www.quantumpicture.com/Flo_Control/flo_control.htm
>
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The solution of course would be to clone the system and take a
vertical image, creating a decent 3-D map of the Cat attempt. What
about two-factor authentication? I'm thinking a mass spectrometer
reading in combination with the facial recognition. That could detect
a Cat spoofing and/or brute-force attack with a bust or cardboard
cut-outs. With any biometric authentication it's going to be expensive
and have all kinds of bugs and quirks... just teach him a password..
sheesh.

-- 
Charles Morris
       cmorris () cs odu edu,
       cmorris () occs odu edu

Network Security Administrator,
Software Developer

Office of Computing and Communications Services,
CS Systems Group              Old Dominion University
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