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Maybe someone should create an exploit to brick all of these IoT devices. Than perhaps people would wake up to the problem..
by blazespin 10y ago
Maybe someone should create an exploit to brick all of these IoT devices. Than perhaps people would wake up to the problem..
- andrewflnr 10y agoOr a worm that patches them, removes malware, changes the credentials, or something like that.
- Drdrdrq 10y agoThis! On a sidenote: would this be white, black or grey hat operation? Or rainbow hat? :) EDIT: this is the only realistic way of securing the devices.
- Animats 10y agoToo late. The attack payload apparently turns off the Telnet service to prevent other botnets from taking over the device.
- clarry 10y agoMy experience from talking with non-techies suggests that they'll never understand the problem is the lack of security in their devices & network. All they do is act victim and get enraged about hackers. The thought that they should demand security from the companies who sold them the vulnerable devices doesn't cross their mind, and if try to sell them such an idea, they will protest and call for justice on the principle that it is the hackers who are being criminal and it's not the victim's or his devices' responsibility to keep themselves safe. Just as they don't expect to have to live in a bunker with inpenetrable locks to stay reasonably safe from burglary.
- worg 10y agoStretching a bit the burglary analogy you could put it like: "imagine a guy selling you a door lock that can be opened by anyone and then you use it to lock a shootgun, can you shift all the blame to the guy who just took it an shoot your neighbor?"
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoMany locks in real life are symbolic. Interior doors for instance are hollow and can be breached with no trouble. They serve mostly to keep the law-abiding from snooping casually, and to provide evidence of theft (forced entry). A pity we can't have digital locks that 'break' when used, leaving some fingerprint from the perpretrator.