The internet of hackable things
Internet of Things Teddy Bear Leaked 2 Million Parent and Kids Message Recordings
A company that sells “smart” teddy bears leaked 800,000 user account credentials—and then hackers locked it and held it for ransom.
Police Have Arrested a Suspect in a Massive ‘Internet of Things’ Attack
European police suspect a 29-year-old man of keeping one million people offline. They might have found the person behind the notorious hacker known as BestBuy.
A New Type of Malware Can Lock Power Plant Computers For Ransom
For now, it’s just a lab experiment, but the researchers behind the first industrial control system ransomware believe it’s just a matter of time before criminals take note.
Internet of Things Hackers Target Anti-Spam Service—And Fails To Take It Down
The hacker who’s been claiming a monopolistic control over the Mirai botnet tried to take down the well-known anti-spam Spamhaus.
Wannabe Hackers Are Willing to Pay To Learn How To Use the Mirai Botnet
Everyone wants to try the new shiny malware that can take down websites.
Hacker Claims To Push Malicious Firmware Update to 3.2 Million Home Routers
One of the hackers who’s trying to monopolize the Internet of Things botnet Mirai found a new way to build a massive botnet.
It’s Trivially Easy to Watch Porn On a Restricted Tablet Made For Kids
The infamous Internet of Things vendor VTech shows how not to do parental controls.
Hackers Say Knocking Thousands of Brits Offline Was an Accident
The hackers who built a new, improved, Mirai botnet strike again, knocking thousands of British internet users offline—by mistake.
Two Hackers Appear To Have Created a New Massive Internet of Things Botnet
After weeks of turf war, two cybercriminals seem to have found a new way to take control and expand the the infamous Mirai botnet.
Congress To Security Experts: How Do We Deal With The Internet of Shit?
And Bruce Schneier thinks regulating the Internet of Things is inevitable and desirable.
The Looming Disaster of the Internet of (Hackable) Things
We're letting easy-to-hack internet-connected devices take over the world, and we have no idea how bad that could turn out.