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More Security Holes Found In Internet Of Things

  • ZDNet, Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:05 AM
Matthew Garrett, the well-known Linux and security expert who works at CoreOS, was in a London hotel recently where the light switches had been replaced by Android tablets. Garrett, a hacker's hacker, decided to see what they were doing. A few hours later Garrett had access to the electronics in every room. While Garrett is a security expert, this feat didn't require any elite cracker skills. Garrett explained he unplugged a tablet and put his laptop into the link. He then set up a transparent bridge. That's trivial for any Linux network administrator. He then used the popular network protocol analyzer WireShark to analyze the traffic.

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  1. R MARK REASBECK from www.USAonly.US , March 16, 2016 at 10:27 a.m.

    can't wait to see what Garrett can do to the driver-less car grids, and show how stupid of an idea AUTO-tonimous cars really is.

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