
Your smart home devices could get you hacked
A few years ago, a major part of the internet on the United States’ eastern coast faced blackout following the biggest cyberattack in the history of the internet. The reason was Mirai malware which initiated the IoT botnet attack that affected many websites including, Netflix, Amazon, Twitter, New York Times, Spotify, CNN, and PayPal.
After the attacks, Cisco’s cyber threat intelligence arm--Cisco Talos found several vulnerabilities in the firmware of Samsung’s SmartThings Hub platform for its IOT devices. With these vulnerabilities, hackers could have gained sensitive information and accessed a number of smart home devices on the platform such as door locks, security cameras, and thermostats.
How will you know if a hacker has targeted your smart home with a malware similar to Mirai bo