It’s scary how many things in your house can be hacked ( Here are six surprisingly vulnerable appliances and utilities that are rife for hack attacks)
Donald Trump may think he’s wreaking havoc when he tells the Russians to hack into Hillary Clinton’s
e-mail, but America’s vulnerabilities go way beyond the Democratic presidential candidate’s missives.
Here are six surprisingly vulnerable appliances
and utilities that are rife for hack attacks.
e-mail, but America’s vulnerabilities go way beyond the Democratic presidential candidate’s missives.
Here are six surprisingly vulnerable appliances
and utilities that are rife for hack attacks.1. Your car
Considering that modern cars are essentially rolling computers,
it’s not too surprising that the FBI recently released a warning that
“consumers and manufacturers maintain awareness of potential cyber
security threats.”
every modern car has an internal network that, if tampered with
correctly can cause a car to “lose power steering, lose power control
[and] set off every alarm.” Additionally, hackers getting into your
bluetooth might be able to ransack your contacts.
2. Your refrigerator
A smart refrigerator that has been built to download Google Gmail
calendar information can be hacked in order to extract Google log-in
codes. This was pulled off by a company called Pen Test Partners at a
hacking challenge. Additionally, in 2014, another smart refrigerator was
used to launch a spam attack.
3. Your child’s baby monitor
Probably the creepiest hack of all, this one has people watching
babies sleeping and launching verbal gibes at them. This past January,
the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs pointed out
baby-monitor vulnerabilities without naming exactly what they are.
“This is a situation where parents purchase a video monitor intending
for it to give them peace of mind . . . and instead what we’re seeing is
some terrifying instances of people hacking into them.”
4. Your self-aiming rifle
Chances are that you do not own a gun that costs $13,000 and
turns whoever uses it into an instant sharpshooter. But if you do own
one, the consequences can be way worse than having your Gmail password
hacked. The gun has a Wi-Fi connection, runs on Linux.
In other words, a hacker can control the gun so that its deadly
accuracy takes out a target of the digital intruder’s choosing.
5. Your computer camera
The ultimate invasion of privacy might be somebody hacking into
your computer, commandeering your camera and watching your every move.
it can be done via a technique called “clickjacking,” in which the
“allow” button for using the camera is invisibly laid over an on-screen
button you will be likely to click. It’s bad enough that, the FBI director James Comey says that he puts “a piece of tape over the
camera.” No doubt, the couple that claims to have had their sexual
activities captured by a hacked computer camera and posted online wish
they had followed Comey’s lead.
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