Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: wjwlsn Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Internet of Things + Big Data - Security = ... Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 00:34:41 -04-59 (UTC) Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: individual.net z+4PUw0OI5J3DY+ujuV3qwR4apQ7rvY+pXCHKD+q4xwlGCsx15 Cancel-Lock: sha1:++BnjrEnpR13x1km8NP5fPOvxjo= User-Agent: NewsgroupsRT/Version 9 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:284 AAAARRRGGHHH! Then I screwed up all the links somehow. This is my last attempt to get this right, I promise. > > "http://www.wired.com/opinion/2014/01/theres-no-good-way-to-patch-the-internet-of-things-and-thats-a-huge-problem/" > We're at a crisis point now with regard to the security of embedded systems, where computing is embedded into the hardware itself - as with the Internet of Things. These embedded computers are riddled with vulnerabilities, and there's no good way to patch them. > > > "http://www.datamation.com/security/2014-the-year-of-big-data-leak.html" > "The emergence of Big Data will radically change the risks associated with data breaches. In the past, cyber-crooks mainly sought discrete pieces of information, such as credit card numbers or user names and passwords. It's not going to be long before cyber-crooks start breaking into databases to do their own data mining. They already do a primitive version of this on social networks, and it won't be long before they want to know as much about you as Google does." > > > "http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/02/target-hackers-broke-in-via-hvac-company/" > "It's not immediately clear why Target would have given an HVAC company external network access, or why that access would not be cordoned off from Target's payment system network. But according to a cybersecurity expert at a large retailer who asked not to be named because he did not have permission to speak on the record, it is common for large retail operati ons to have a team that routinely monitors energy consumption and temperatures in stores to save on costs..." >