{"id":5629,"date":"2015-11-02T10:14:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T17:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealdaily.com\/?p=5629"},"modified":"2015-11-02T10:14:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T17:14:25","slug":"internet-of-things-teakettles-are-vulnerable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/real-estate-tech\/internet-of-things-teakettles-are-vulnerable\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Internet of Things: Even teakettles are vulnerable"},"content":{"rendered":"

In today\u2019s technology culture, there\u2019s an app for everything. The Apple iPhone comes with a whole host of apps upon immediate purchase, including iTunes, the iTunes Store, a text messaging app, a camera, alarm, stopwatch, calendar, Face Time, Google Maps, a weather app, and even a Health app that can monitor daily steps, flights climbed, and distance. <\/p>\n

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Hackable by design<\/h2>\n

It won\u2019t surprise anyone that we can now control inanimate objects from an app on our smartphones. In fact, there\u2019s a term for it! The Internet of Things is the network of objects that can be controlled remotely, since they are embedded with electronics, sensors, internet capabilities, and more. <\/p>\n

What will surprise people is just how vulnerable these items are to hackers. Research by HP Fortify found that objects controlled electronically have at least twenty-five qualities that make them susceptible to exploitation, per device!<\/p>\n

Among the long list of vulnerable items are refrigerators, baby monitors, smart locks, and home alarms. They make easy targets for hackers to steal Wi-Fi access, personal information, and control of your device.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Your WiFi password is showing<\/h2>\n

Even when we just want to stay in and enjoy a nice cup of tea, our information is at risk. In London, a security agent proved that kettles are just one more place for hackers to get information. He mapped out a set of kettles across the city by looking for pots controlled by the iKettle app, then hacked each insecure system for WiFi passwords. <\/p>\n

The iKettle app allows users to start boiling water for their kettle just by touching a button on their smart phone. But the convenience gained by boiling water remotely might be outweighed by the vulnerable position of users. Pen Test Partners\u2019 Ken Munro explains, \u201cSo I can sit outside of your place with a directional antenna, point it at your house, knock your kettle of access point, it connects to me, I send two commands and it discloses your wireless key in plain text.\u201d Yikes! <\/p>\n

Internet of Things: less than 2 hours to crack<\/h2>\n

When iKettle is configured with the Android app, users are particularly susceptible because passwords remain at the default setting. iOS app users are a bit safer\u2014but it will still only take an hour or two to crack the six digit password.<\/p>\n

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How vulnerable is a smart home to hackers? If your client’s own any device connected to the Internet of Things – you might want to sit down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":337417,"featured_media":5628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[634,588,455],"class_list":["post-5629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate-tech","tag-internet-of-things","tag-smart-home","tag-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/tea-cup-hand-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/337417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5629"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5637,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5629\/revisions\/5637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}