On the Security of “Things”
by Paul Asadoorian on September 15, 2014
The security ramifications of the "Internet of Things" (IoT) is a hot topic lately. That’s not to say the security community has not been aware of this problem; and dealing with it for some time (or ignoring it as the case may be). Back in 2007 I wrote a book about hacking Linksys home-based routers. It gave me a look inside an embedded system and provided me the foundation to begin to analyze security of such devices. What I have found since then, and other security researchers have highlighted, is a bit frightening.