{"id":8033,"date":"2017-03-09T12:11:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T20:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/\/?p=8033"},"modified":"2023-12-18T04:29:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T12:29:17","slug":"danger-lurking-inside-smart-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/nb-no\/blog\/danger-lurking-inside-smart-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Danger Lurking Inside Smart Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Michael Hall, Chief Information Security Officer<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

If the advanced technology in our everyday lives was directed against us, who would win in a battle pitting humanity against smart machines?<\/span>
\nIf you consider the rapid rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), this imagined scene isn\u2019t as farfetched as you might think.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiction?<\/h2>\n

This scary situation has already been described by several science fiction writers, like Ray Bradbury.<\/span>
\nIn the \u201cVeldt,\u201d a short story written in 1950, Bradbury describes the actions of an automated house that is programmed by children to kill their parents when they try to discipline them.<\/span>
\nIn another story published that same year, \u201cThere Will Come Soft Rains,\u201d the author<\/span>
\ndescribes a computer-controlled house that automatically supplies all of the needs of its owners, even after they perish in an apparent nuclear disaster.<\/span>
\nOther stories, where inanimate objects start to act out on their own without human direction, are equally frightening.<\/span>
\nRemember the sentient computer called Hal in the movie \u201c2001: A Space Odyssey\u201d? Hal tries to take over a mission to Jupiter by killing the human crew.<\/span>
\nHalfway through the mission, Hal stops taking orders from the crew and strikes out on its own. The computer disables life support on crew members in deep sleep, cuts the cord on another crew member taking a space walk and tries to terminate the last crew member before he can shut the nearly omnipotent machine down.<\/span>
\nThe actions were taken because the computer began to see humans as a weak link in the mission, which made them expendable.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fact?<\/h2>\n

Today\u2019s reality isn\u2019t so grim, but it is a brave new world with a growing legion of new Internet-attached devices that many of us use every day, on many levels. Nobody\u2019s being attacked by their remote control garage door opener…yet. But any webcam, baby monitor, thermostat, personal assistant or other device with an Internet connection, in theory, could be turned against the user. Fiction is now fact.<\/span>
\nA collection of IoT devices were used by hackers last Fall to stage massive DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks on numerous commercial websites. Since many of these devices have weak or non-existent password-protection, gaining control by an experienced hacker is relatively simple.<\/span><\/p>\n

What You Can Do<\/h2>\n

Technology is an everyday part of life today and is necessary for home, school and business. It\u2019s important for you to be familiar with how to use current devices as modes of communication.<\/span>
\nHere are some ways to improve cybersecurity within your home.<\/span><\/p>\n

Understand Your Devices<\/span><\/h3>\n

You should know the answers to these questions:<\/span><\/p>\n