Back in the day, 1990s and early 2000s, you didn’t hear too much about remote administration tools (RAT), so victims of early RATs like Back Orifice, Netbus or Sub7 would often freak out when the CD-tray would open or close on its own, music files would play for no reason, emails would be snatched from thin air, or files, icons, the clock and task manager would disappear.
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Disregard for a moment why you would ever want to connect a toilet to the Internet to “record a toilet diary,” and instead ask why would a person hack a smart toilet? Because it’s there; it’s vulnerable and it helps to highlight new security risks associated with smart devices connected to the web, making up the Internet of Things.
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If you added a home automation system to create your version of a “smart” house, it could give you access from anywhere in the world to remotely control your lights, door locks, house temperature, electric appliances, water valves, alarm system, garage door, the ability to open and close your shades and blinds, or even to turn on music and crank up the volume. While that might seem pretty sweet, it…
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ZeroAccess infects 2,2 million homes
Infosecurity Magazine We're not in Kansas anymore: The third quarter of 2012 saw a marked increase in Android adware, while new evidence surfaced suggesting that the Zeus-in-the-Mobile (Zitmo) banking trojan is evolving into a botnet. And, Romanian hackers are continuing to … Malware infects 13 percent of North American home networks Study: Online Threats Keep Multiplying, Mobile Phones Still Comparatively Safe 2.2 million infected with fraudulent ad-click botnet's malware, new report finds |