Flutterby™! : Exploits on the "Internet of Things" 2013-02-28 07:11:50.928981-08

Exploits on the "Internet of Things"

2013-02-28 07:11:50.928981-08 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Malware has infected Moscow's speed cameras.

Vint Cerf: The "Internet of Things" needs to be locked down.

And I think that latter exposes some bad thinking about security. Yes, I'm currently thinking and talking online about ways to send messages and proxy permissions information between lots of cheap connected devices, but if the power grid is fragile enough that hacking load can cause outages, then it's the power grid that needs to be fixed.

Every element needs to be robust, depending on a big distributed system alone is not the right approach to take.

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