IOActive discovered a way to take over switches and transform them into a force capable of turning on heaters and irons, major electricity users as well as fire hazards. Belkin told Bloomberg that it discovered such vulnerabilities and repaired them before IOActive was able to pinpoint them in an older device. This push to make everything under the sun Internet connected, perhaps because its in many respects aimed at the consumer end of the market, hasnt had much of a focus on security, John Yeo, a director at Spiderlabs, Trustwaves research unit, said. Learn more: naturalnews/045688_hackers_home_appliances_monitoring.html?utm_content=buffer32b64&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer#ixzz35dT3h3i5
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 07:56:36 +0000