In fact, Toilet Not Safe from Attack "Hacker"

The next few years, the smartphone you already will be designed to lock up the house, turn on the air conditioner, checks for expired milk in the fridge or not, and so on. 

All of that is good news, except that all the conveniences you've achieved it will also allow criminals can easily open your door, spying on your family or your home security is directly connected to their nests. 

 "In technology, this certainly becomes more sophisticated, open up a wider spectrum of threats, "said Gunter Ollmann, Chief Technology Office of IOActive, a security technology company in Seattle.  

"An interconnected devices that allow the bad guys to have a permanent entry into your household," he added. In 2020, approximately 26 billion is domestic technology devices can be connected to the internet and that figure rose from 3 billion starting today. This was stated by researcher Gartner Inc. (IT).  

That's nearly four times the number of smart phones, tablets, and PCs that will be used. 's vision is to connect technology almost everything, from cars to refrigerators, lights, and even a toilet. Forgot to flush the toilet? An application is ready for it! "problem, data security is usually not really focus on the toilet, refrigerator or safety monitors baby products. 

Deviations security on such devices can enable disruptive home life bad guys, collect valuable personal data, or even using information to steal or extort money from the victim, "says Ollmann.  

Hijacked Trustwave, a Chicago firm that helps companies combat cyber crime (cybercrime), hijack a Bluetooth connection which controls the toilets are made ​​by Japanese companies Lixil Group.  

Trustwave explained, it could allow hackers to open or close the lid and even squirt water flow behind the user. Lixil itself says it is difficult to reveal the hackers who have connected smartphones them to the toilet by using a special remote that comes with the device, just to make the "harassment" kind of thing.  

These cases are very rare. In fact, several technology companies have created a device that does not have adequate protection.  

Ollmann own group broke into the home automation system from Belkin International Inc., a company that makes mobile phone accessories and router Wi-Fi. Belkin Wemo itself suitable to control lights, fans, coffee makers and other appliances through a smartphone application. 

Meanwhile IOActive find a way to take over the switch, turning it into a "demon" that could turn on the heater and board, in order to reduce the danger of fire and electrical waste .  

However, Belkin says it has found a vulnerability, even before IOActive find the devices. "As a maker of home automation technology, the device must educate buyers, especially about security," said John Yeo, a director at SpiderLabs, Trustwave research unit.  

"Security The cover emphasizes the importance of changing the password on the device, which could allow hackers relatively unskilled even to gain access, "he added. "This urge to make everything that is connected to the Internet. 

Maybe, because a lot of it is addressed to users, but they do not understand about security, "said Yeo. however, the company producing the next generation of "smart appliances" that does not say much about the topic.  

Samsung Electronics Co., the maker of washing machine that allows users to monitor through their smart phones, said in an email that they take the security of its products very seriously and monitor all risks. The company declined to comment further.

Source : Kompas