When the Windshield Helps Drive the Car, a Repair Isn’t So Simple - The New York Times

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Sharing some items i’ve become aware of lately with regard to the wider world of IoT.

  • When is a windscreen not just a windscreen? When it’s suddenly part of your vehicles IoT environment. $$$
  • Landlord requiring a tenant to have electronic door-locks connected to an IoT app - Twitter thread from an infosec specialist is a bit spooky

https://twitter.com/hacks4pancakes/status/1086000837615382529

  • An IoT camera warned a family of an incoming nuclear missile attack, after being compromised.
    • did the family even know the camera was ‘live’ and online?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/01/23/family-says-hacked-nest-camera-warned-them-north-korean-missile-attack/

  • IoT devices will lead to targeted advertising - or worse. What happens when a hacker owns your devices?
  • Connecting your lightbulbs to your wifi may seem like a neat idea, but what are you giving away when you dispose of them later?

I’ll admit i’m not in any particular hurry to move ‘unnecessary’ things to a connected world. Each case on its merits, and review your security posture each time… !

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Lesley Carhart’s tweets earlier include a link to her blog which is a little less emotive, and actually quite a good read in terms of modeling your own threats.

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Hey Mark, how are you? I’ve been chatting with Eileen at MOH and been invited in to the group. Hope you have been checking out the new Beacon challenges :wink:

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Lovely to see my FENZ counterparts here, Neil! :wink: I troll Beacon periodically and usually don’t hesitate to add my $0.02 as you’ve probably seen! :slight_smile: