Dark Reading is part of the Informa Tech Division of Informa PLC

This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them.Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.

Database Security
Authentication
Mobile
Privacy
Compliance
Careers and People
Identity & Access Management
Security Monitoring
Advanced Threats
Insider Threats
Vulnerability Management
Comments
Future Shock: The Internet of Compromised Things
Newest First  |  Oldest First  |  Threaded View
<<   <   Page 2 / 2
MartinL923
MartinL923,
 User Rank: Apprentice
1/24/2014 | 4:47:48 AM
Re: Dangerous appliances
Quite right! My toaster burnt my toast this morning, probably out of spite. However, my current toaster is entirely mechanical. As the price of computing power keeps dropping computers are finding their way into even the smallest device. Experience tells us that where you have software, you have bugs which can frequently be exploited. Lurking in a cupboard I have a mechanical telephone, its laughable to imagine that this device could contain malware, yet I now have a smart phone on which I can install all sorts of dubious software if I so wish, or if I don't pay attention. With the current pace of technology, I'll be willing to bet that within a few years there will be a smart-toaster in every kitchen.

Martin
seppleyt5j01
seppleyt5j01,
 User Rank: Apprentice
1/23/2014 | 5:47:59 PM
Compimise your services?
Let's suppose for a moment that you live in Phoenix. It's July and  109 degrees outside. As a purveyor of ransomeware, I would shut off your refrigerator and air conditioning. I would only require that you pay me $100 in order to restore their services...
cbabcock
cbabcock,
 User Rank: Apprentice
1/23/2014 | 5:27:57 PM
Hacker: Good afernoon, sir, is your house empty now?
In addition to fearing that hackers will learn my milk is out of date, I would hate for intruders to snoop on our local area network to learn, for marketing purposes or worse, what my family's habits were or when the house was empty. If all the home appliances were on a household network, a great deal of information would become available to hackers, the public utility, the appliance dealership. Martin Lee is right. We don't quite realize what we're getting into here.   
Shane M. O'Neill
Shane M. O'Neill,
 User Rank: Apprentice
1/23/2014 | 4:54:35 PM
Re: Dangerous appliances
I don't think the Internet of Things movement will play out for consumers for awhile. Seems more of an enterprise/manufacturing/supply chain technology for the time being. But when it does eventually come to kitchens and living rooms, will we rely on Symantec, McAfee and Kaspersky to provide protection software for our refrigerators like we do for PCs? The use of third-party anti-virus software in IoT home situations didn't come up in the article so I was curious.
Marilyn Cohodas
Marilyn Cohodas,
 User Rank: Strategist
1/23/2014 | 4:30:41 PM
Re: Dangerous appliances
Sounds like an idea for a sequel to Disney's classic, The Brave Little Toaster. 

 

 
SteveC227
SteveC227,
 User Rank: Apprentice
1/23/2014 | 2:16:48 PM
Dangerous appliances
I have long suspected my toaster of plotting against me. Sometimes it fails to make the toast pop up in the hopes that I will stick a fork in the slot and get electrocuted. These days you have to work hard to keep one step ahead of your electrical appliances. I have never worried about my refrigerator, however. But now I am going to monitor it more carefully. Thank your for alerting us all to these threats.
<<   <   Page 2 / 2


Edge-DRsplash-10-edge-articles
I Smell a RAT! New Cybersecurity Threats for the Crypto Industry
David Trepp, Partner, IT Assurance with accounting and advisory firm BPM LLP,  7/9/2021
News
Attacks on Kaseya Servers Led to Ransomware in Less Than 2 Hours
Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer,  7/7/2021
Commentary
It's in the Game (but It Shouldn't Be)
Tal Memran, Cybersecurity Expert, CYE,  7/9/2021
Register for Dark Reading Newsletters
White Papers
Video
Cartoon
Current Issue
The 10 Most Impactful Types of Vulnerabilities for Enterprises Today
Managing system vulnerabilities is one of the old est - and most frustrating - security challenges that enterprise defenders face. Every software application and hardware device ships with intrinsic flaws - flaws that, if critical enough, attackers can exploit from anywhere in the world. It's crucial that defenders take stock of what areas of the tech stack have the most emerging, and critical, vulnerabilities they must manage. It's not just zero day vulnerabilities. Consider that CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog lists vulnerabilitlies in widely used applications that are "actively exploited," and most of them are flaws that were discovered several years ago and have been fixed. There are also emerging vulnerabilities in 5G networks, cloud infrastructure, Edge applications, and firmwares to consider.
Flash Poll
Twitter Feed
Dark Reading - Bug Report
Bug Report
Enterprise Vulnerabilities
From DHS/US-CERT's National Vulnerability Database
CVE-2023-1172
PUBLISHED: 2023-03-17
The Bookly plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the full name value in versions up to, and including, 21.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that w...
CVE-2023-1469
PUBLISHED: 2023-03-17
The WP Express Checkout plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the &acirc;&euro;&tilde;pec_coupon[code]&acirc;&euro;&trade; parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.2.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenti...
CVE-2023-1466
PUBLISHED: 2023-03-17
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System 1.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function view_student of the file admin/?page=students/view_student. The manipulation of the argument id with the input 3' AND (SELECT 2100 FROM (SELECT(...
CVE-2023-1467
PUBLISHED: 2023-03-17
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file Master.php?f=delete_img of the component POST Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument path with the input C%3A%2Ffoo.txt le...
CVE-2023-1468
PUBLISHED: 2023-03-17
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file admin/?page=reports&amp;date_from=2023-02-17&amp;date_to=2023-03-17 of the component Report Handler. The manipula...