[Swordmaker]

The almost world wide Distributed Denial of Service attack that crippled many services yesterday, including Netflix, Amazon, and even the dedicated VOiP phone system at my office which left us with only one incoming phone and no outgoing phones, targeted millions of non-personal computing devices including many in the Internet of Devices category, most of them running a form of Android, that had little to no security either turned on or not even built in.

Apple's iOS based HomeKit is built from the ground up with security in mind, and includes in every device using HomeKit connectivity is a Secure Remote Password (3,072-bit) protocol to establish a connection between an iOS device and a HomeKit accessory via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. This would make it extremely difficult, if not impossible for such a DDoS botnet to ever be built on HomeKit devices. — PING!

Apple HomeKit not susceptible to BotNets
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[Swordmaker]

Thanks for the head’s Up. . .

[cicero2k]

A 3,000 bit password ought to do it, that’s like a one in 1 followed by 1,000 zeros odds, making the 1 followed by 9 zeros for the Powerball seem like a sure thing.

But, if manufacturers can place open devices on the net at will, then this stuff will happen more and more.

God I hate regulation, but this is as much about safety as anything. Manufacturers must pass an internet device security safety certification, and those that don’t should be in jail.

In the meantime, IOT: you can GTH.

[GOPJ]

Find out what’s feeding off YOUR modem:

http://www.komando.com/downloads/2251/see-who-is-stealing-your-internet/2

“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.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_network_watcher.html

[Squeako]

Swordmaker, any idea how an out of service iPhone linked as a security camera through an iOS approved app fairs in this regard? Should I dig out my AirPort Extreme to replace my U-verse router? Sounds like this is on a whole other level of authentication for that to make a difference.