Posted on 12/25/2020 7:23:35 PM PST by TigerLikesRoosterNew
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We have another great example that showcases how one innocent looking insecure IoT device connected to your network can cause security nightmares.
Nicole Eagan, the CEO of cybersecurity company Darktrace, told attendees at an event in London on Thursday how cybercriminals hacked an unnamed casino through its Internet-connected thermometer in an aquarium in the lobby of the casino.
According to what Eagan claimed, the hackers exploited a vulnerability in the thermostat to get a foothold in the network. Once there, they managed to access the high-roller database of gamblers and "then pulled it back across the network, out the thermostat, and up to the cloud."
Although Eagan did not disclose the identity of the casino, the incident she was sharing could be of last year, when Darktrace published a report [PDF], referencing to a thermometer hack of this sort on an unnamed casino based in North America.
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Cleary a fishing scam.
BOO!
Ha! Fishing scam.
this is the best news ever. find the compromised thermostat. that’s called evidence.
this just got much simpler.
I’ve read another got hacked through their smart refrigerator. I’ma thinking a “smart” home may not be such a smart home.
The Silverton, an off-the-strip Hotel/casino, in Vegas has a huge aquarium in the hotel lobby.
LOL, you win.
Like the story where the guy was stuck in the dark because his “smart lights’ stopped working during the Google hack.
Just stunningly crazy.
Yes, the IoT could turn out to be a security nightmare...
Networked printers are hacked. If you know the ip address range the hackers can scan the range and try guessing the log in accounts. If I knew the address and you had no log in account then I can print to your printer from anywhere. How hackers get to the network servers from there I have no idea.
smart lights will come on if you just cycle the switch, off then back on again
“No evidence of widespread voter fraud.” That’s what the officials and judges say, right?
You only need access to the voting machines via the Internet of Things. They don’t have to be yours or even operated by you. As long as they are connected to the internet, the vulnerability exists, and the knowledgable hackers in place, voting can be manipulated.
That the DOJ won’t investigate nor SCOTUS take it up shows how deep the rot goes.
My daughter and son-in-law are cyber security experts and white hat hackers, and they have no “smart” appliances in their home.
“’My daughter and son-in-law are cyber security experts and white hat hackers, and they have no “smart” appliances in their home.”
No cellphone? Smart TV? WiFi?
Smart devices connect via infrastructure mode to a router which can also host more interesting things, like computers and phones. This is how wifi normally works and has pretty good security. But if they are enabled to operate in Access Point mode as well, which is done to simplify setup, there is the vulnerability, but it only allows hackers to try to access other devices on that LAN. So hacking your neighbors doorbell might let someone get into his computer but it won’t compromise yours.
There have even been reports of air gap hacks where one computer can emit sounds that another computer can “hear” and that the hack can occur via the broadcast.
I’m missing something.
What thermostat was compromised, other than the one in the story?
Been searching and I can’t find anything relevant.
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