Thousands of household appliances have been hacked to send spam If you watched the news with a recent exhibition CES- 2014 , then you ve probably seen numerous announcements of devices that can make our lives easier . By clever things these days can be safely attributed grills , dishwashers , mattresses and even toothbrushes , because they are embedded computers with full access to the Internet . But what then is the risk of breaking the remote database appliances ? Company Proofpoint, dedicated security , published data on a massive hacker attack , which suffered more than 100,000 appliances and various gadgets worldwide. Most of the victims of the attack are now spamming devices and used by hackers as a giant botnet. In the list of devices were attacked by hackers smart TVs , routers , data centers , and even refrigerators (!) With Internet access . All of these devices have made an impressive 25% of the total number of victims of cyber attacks that is suggestive of a larger security problems in the firmware of smart appliances. Botnets and up to this point have been a major concern for security professionals, but with the advent of bots in the form of the usual things - the situation only worsened - Proofpoint said Officer David Knight in an interview Digitaltrends. - Most of these devices are protected so bad that their owners can not even notice the fact of infection or otherwise oppose him . They can not get rid of malicious programs for all his desire - they simply do not have such opportunities. With an increasing number of smart devices we will face an even greater number of cyber crime . Analyst firm International Data Corporation predicts that by 2020 more than 200 billion devices , from game consoles to the thermostat will be connected to the World Wide Web . This means that each of them should be provided with quality befitting protection against attacks by cybercriminals. Indeed, the current smart TVs and refrigerators are supported by manufacturers are not as active as smart phones and personal computers. They are no antivirus software and firewalls , which only makes the situation even more dangerous. According to data provided by Proofpoint, using household devices hacked hackers carried out more than 750,000 spam in the period from 23 December 2013 to 6 January 2014. Currently only a few manufacturers of smart devices drew attention to gaps in the safety of their products . One can hope that in the near future, this problem will be solved , and our refrigerators do not rise up against their masters.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 11:50:35 +0000
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