Any device, now or in the future, has an online interface (over computers, tablets or "smartly"Mobile") is part of the ever-expanding "Internet of Things"
The hackers who have "had in the eye" computers and mobile phones sooner or later will start to turn their attention to the so-called "Internet of Things", that is to say every "smart" device connected to the Internet from its refrigerator kitchen to the bath toothbrush and the digital glasses we will wear in the future. The warning comes from cyber-security specialists on the occasion of this year's grand international CES online show in Las Vegas, USA, which was just completed and in which the Internet of Things was at the heart of this.
Anyone device, now or in the future, has an online interface (over computers, tablets or "smart" mobile), is part of the ever-expanding "Internet of Things". As clothes, homes, workplaces (offices and factories), in general, private and public spaces are becoming more "smart", both the "Internet of Things" will expand and its digital territory will cover an ever larger area , which will make it an increasingly appealing target for hackers.
"If an object is connected to the Internet, one can find it, and if it has an operating system, then it can become a hacker," said Kevin Hayley, director of the Symantec Security Cyber-security company, according to the French Agency. "As we begin to bring all these" smart "devices to our house, we have to take some responsibility (to protect them)," he added.
Among other technological "miracles" in the huge show in Las Vegas, there were baby clothes that record the baby's breathing and positioning (online parenting information), basketball balls with integrated electronic sensors, from small toothbrushes to large "white" who are talking on the internet, as well as online vital medical devices (eg pacemakers), and the increasingly "smart" cars that are now parked in the garage.
All of the above could be compromised by malicious hackers, although the threat remains mostly theoretical for now. "I don't think the 'bad guys' have yet realized the benefits to them of hacking things like this," said Katalin Kozoi, head of cybersecurity at Bitdefender. But as he warned, it is only a matter of time, perhaps even within 2014, that there will be an incident that will draw the attention of the international public to the issue. “We may see the first collateral victim, e.g. some person to be physically harmed" as he said.
Companies that produce such products, such as Unikey's "smart" Kwikset home locks, controlled online remotely, reassure their technology incorporating "military-level encryption" so they can not be hacked by hackers - people.
On the other hand, companies like Korean LG may have "smart" kitchen appliances that communicate with their owners over the internet, but the question arises as to what benefit a hacker will end up if someone else's refrigerator has been disturbed. What would he steal, beyond perhaps the e-shop with the required shopping, that would have created the "smart" refrigerator on his own?
As well as, according to the largest Cisco networking company, it is estimated that more than 50 billions of items will be interconnected online worldwide to 2020. "It's impossible to secure the cyber-security of each of these objects with special software," said David Oren.
However, where the concerns are justifiably even greater, it is in the area of businesses and especially industries with all kinds of lines oftreatmentς προϊόντων. Ήδη η προστασία ζωτικών υποδομών, όπως αγωγών πετρελαίου και δικτύων ηλεκτρισμού, που έχουν πια ποικίλες online διαconnections, are of intense concern to governments (especially the US) and company administrations, as, beyond hackers, there are also the parameters of cyber-terrorism, but also of cyber-espionage.
“If I can violate them cameras ασφαλείας του εργοστασίου του ανταγωνιστή μου, τότε μπορώ να δω ακριβώς πώς δουλεύει το εργοστάσιό του», δήλωσε ο Χέιλι της Symantec. Το ίδιο, προφανώς, ισχύει, αν παραβιάσει ένας χάκερ τις κάμερες οποιασδήποτε κρατικής installations, thereby casting prying eyes at her entrails.
Source: frapedoypoli.blogspot.gr
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