IoT goes nuclear: creating a ZigBee chain reaction

Re:IoT goes nuclear: creating a ZigBee chain reaction by erdemozg on Thursday June 22, 2017 @08:32AM (#14611754)

People don't bother to update even their home router's firmware. IoT ecosystem will be one of the biggest holes in cyber security and a heaven for black-hat hackers.

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Re:IoT goes nuclear: creating a ZigBee chain reaction by Freak_NL on Thursday June 22, 2017 @08:39AM (#14611807)

Economically vendors have little to no incentive to fix this mess either, so it will haunt us for some time to come. Introducing a slew of devices that all need security updates into each household that falls for them doesn't seem all that clever.

A light bulb that can change its brightness and colour shouldn't be smart; it should be dumb as a brick and expose only those parameters that can sensibly and safely be set by a user — kind of like a normal light bulb does.

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Re:IoT goes nuclear: creating a ZigBee chain reaction by kbart on Thursday June 22, 2017 @09:04AM (#14611913)

"IoT ecosystem will be one of the biggest holes in cyber security and a heaven for black-hat hackers."

I think you meant "is" here.

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Re:IoT goes nuclear: creating a ZigBee chain reaction by erdemozg on Thursday June 22, 2017 @09:27AM (#14612052)

Haha, I was in dilemma. But since most people are not aware of it, I chose the future tense. But you are right, it is already.

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Re:IoT goes nuclear: creating a ZigBee chain reaction by digi_owl on Thursday June 22, 2017 @08:37AM (#14611781)

1. shit brick easily.

2. vendors mix feature changes/removals and security updates.

3, better the devil you know...

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