On 19/01/2014 2:35 PM, step...@melbpc.org.au wrote: > "Fridge Sends Spam Emails as Attack Hits Smart Gadgets"
Bugger the fridge sending out spam emails, I'm more concerned about letting the world know when my house is unoccupied, when I have visitors, what expensive (or otherwise) stuff I may have, where my car is regularly or occasionally parked and other such information potentially of interest to the bad guys. It's little comfort that the police would be able to identify when things were taken offline and hence the time of the burglary. And before someone says that I could install video cameras, the privacy implications of that are even worse. IMHO, the problems these so called "solutions" create far outweigh any potential benefits. I remember years ago we had discussions on Link about SCADA systems being connected to the Internet and the security implications. The general opinion (if I remember correctly) was that SCADA systems should be air-gapped. Techno-hubris wins again: Hackers gain 'full control' of critical SCADA systems (In Australia) Over 60,000 exposed control systems found online 10 January 2014 http://www.itnews.com.au/News/369200,hackers-gain-full-control-of-critical-scada-systems.aspx UK critical infrastructure at risk from SCADA security flaw 16 January 2014 http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2323339/uk-critical-infrastructure-at-risk-from-scada-security-flaw Is it likely that domestic systems will be better protected than those of industry; systems designed and implemented by highly trained engineers? Now there's a dangerous assumption. It's more liekly that these systems have been implemented by project managers with no knowledge of engineering systems. To answer my own question: No they will not be protected any better, when sold and implemented by the untrained and ignorant. -- Regards brd Bernard Robertson-Dunn Sydney Australia email: b...@iimetro.com.au web: www.drbrd.com web: www.problemsfirst.com Blog: www.problemsfirst.com/blog _______________________________________________ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
