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September 12, 2016 07:05 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/viv9J0Ejgqk/iot-malware-exploits-dvrs-hom.html
IoT malware exploits DVRs, home cameras via default passwords
The Internet of Things business model dictates that devices be designed with the minimum viable security to keep the products from blowing up before the company is bought or runs out of money, so we're filling our homes with net-connected devices that have crummy default passwords, and the ability to probe our phones and laptops, and to crawl the whole internet for other vulnerable systems to infect. (more…)
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/viv9J0Ejgqk/iot-malware-exploits-dvrs-hom.html
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