Posted on 10/24/2016 7:22:03 PM PDT by Innovative
Obama administration officials sought on Monday to reassure the public that it was taking steps to counter new types of cyber attacks such as the one Friday that rendered Twitter, Spotify, Netflix and dozens of other major websites unavailable.
The Department of Homeland Security said it had held a conference call with 18 major communication service providers shortly after the attack began and was working to develop a new set of “strategic principles” for securing internet-connected devices.
DHS said its National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center was working with companies, law enforcement and researchers to cope with attacks made possible by the rapidly expanding number of smart gadgets that make up the "internet of Things.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
“Those damned Republicans won’t give us a budget to fight cybercrime.”
Cost of connecting equipment...
Priceless!
They’re kinda late to the cyber-security party, what with practically everything except bookcases being internet-connected for years now.
Bring everything under tight government control ?
In all these stories, I’ve only seen reports about the equipment made by the Chicom company, but nothing about other equipment that contains that Chicom motherboard. With every equipment maker buying parts from everyone else, a list of affected equipment would be nice.
We just need to wipe those botnet hacked cameras and such with a cloth and it’ll all be fine!
I’m pretty sure my refrigerator is watching me.
“I’m pretty sure my refrigerator is watching me.”
As long as it doesn’t inform the government about what you are doing, you are safe. But if it connects itself to the internet and starts sending out reports about you, watch out!
As long as it doesn’t inform the government about what you are doing
When single payer is the norm- you refrig will turn you in for unhealthy diet
http://www.komando.com/downloads/2251/see-who-is-stealing-your-internet/2
“This free download provides you with a list of every device connected to your wireless network.”
“Wireless Network Watcher scans your network and shows you the IP address, MAC address, name and manufacturer of the computers, tablets and smartphones it detects on your network.”
Note: Each computer has a unique IP address, or Internet Protocol Address. Some computer hardware have addresses, too. They’re known as MACs, or Media Access Control.
As soon as you boot up Wireless Network Watcher, you’ll see all the detected devices come up on the list. You should be able to recognize all the devices on it. If you don’t, you know somebody is connected without your permission.
Download instructions
Click on the blue link below. Scroll down the page until you see in purple, “Download Wireless Network Watcher with full install/uninstall support (wnetwatcher_setup.exe). Wireless Network Watcher will automatically download. Open the executable file and follow the step-by-step installation instructions.
Download:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_network_watcher.html
Description
Wireless Network Watcher is a small utility that scans your wireless network and displays the list of all computers and devices that are currently connected to your network.
For every computer or device that is connected to your network, the following information is displayed: IP address, MAC address, the company that manufactured the network card, and optionally the computer name.
Thanks for the useful link, but this is what I was talking about.
“Chinese firm Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology Co Ltd, which makes components for surveillance cameras, said it would recall some products from the United States. “
“Another Chinese company, Dahua Technology, acknowledged that some of its older cameras and video recorders were vulnerable to attacks ...”
“But neither company has anything like a comprehensive list of their customers, many of whom will never learn of the problems, said Dale Drew, chief security officer with communications provider Level 3.”
So, how many Chicom chips are in US security and military equipment?
I would say it is 100% bad. The government has no regulatory authority over an IP camera in Romania that is attack a DNS server here, nor should they. It would be even worse to give them more authority over ISPs here since those ISPs would limit your choices "for the greater good" (translation: $$ for them).
The solution to this rather trivial problem is multifold. More DNS caching (yes that has problems but is a llifesaver during the short span of attack). Better attack recognition so it can be responded to quickly. Service providers need to eliminate their use of DNS, that is a no-brainer. There is no reason any service should have gone down.
The immediate solution is to shorten the duration of the attack which could make a nonevent. The ultimate solution is internet architectures that don't need DNS lookups. There are many and of course Google and Facebook and other powerhouses will come up with some so they can continue getting your eyeballs and their revenue. The worst thing is to have the government, Google, Facebook and others dictate some "solution" or the giving the domestic ISPs more power.
Fake or real? The fakes are where some Chinese chop shop replaced the guts of a real chip or real equipment with fake insecure knock-offs. Those are hard to detect. That's just for the sheer profit of reselling the real components.
The real chips are where we integrate real Chinese chips or components into our systems. It could be anything. It could be a cable. Think about how small they could make a chip and stick it in a cable, tap the power, tap the data, add a tiny radio connected to another wire to use as an antenna. Are we looking for stuff like that? I certainly hope we are. Personally I think we are screwed.
Or in sensitive industries... What's your best guess Shuyten... how bad is this?
Or in sensitive industries... What's your best guess Shuyten... how bad is this?
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