The Internet of Rifles

Started by deanwebb, July 29, 2015, 03:11:35 PM

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deanwebb

July 29, 2015, 03:11:35 PM
https://threatpost.com/researchers-manipulate-rifles-precision-targeting-system/114028

"TrackingPoint rifles are state-of-the-art precision hunting and sniper rifles that come equipped with a networked tracking scope that's accessible via Wi-Fi, and comes complete with USB ports and a mobile app. It's almost foolproof shooting, albeit at a $13,000 price tag.

And the security of all of it can be undone because of a guessable, default password."

:facepalm1:
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

Reggle

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July 29, 2015, 04:16:27 PM
You can't be serious. I simply cannot comprehend this is reality now.

deanwebb

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July 29, 2015, 05:39:56 PM
Quote from: Reggle on July 29, 2015, 04:16:27 PM
You can't be serious. I simply cannot comprehend this is reality now.

When John Chambers said "the Internet of Everything" last year, he was not messing around. Military bases have the Internet of Bombers. Just take out the word "things" or "everything" and substitute an unlikely noun, like "insect repellent" or "tampons" or "bricks", and that's something that someone, somewhere is trying to make web-enabled.

And its security will be compromised with a guessable, default password.

:hankhill:
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

Otanx

#3
July 29, 2015, 09:23:05 PM
Forget rifles. The internet of missiles - http://europe.newsweek.com/german-missiles-hacked-by-foreign-source-329980

or we can go less scary, and dip into the "They installed bluetooth on what?" file - http://dewaltmediakit.com/accessories/dewalt-batteries-now-with-bluetooth/

-Otanx

dlots

#4
July 30, 2015, 04:35:14 PM
I was gonna laugh at your connected tampons, but there is an internet connected bra, so I don't think I can laugh at this
http://blogs.cisco.com/news/the-internet-of-everything-is-saving-lives-predicting-cancer-with-a-connected-bra

Nerm

#5
August 03, 2015, 07:33:00 AM
Internet of Tampons? Is this that Netflow thing I keep hearing about?  :rofl:

deanwebb

#6
August 03, 2015, 10:15:22 PM
:haha3:
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

deanwebb

#7
August 13, 2015, 11:35:58 AM
Now we got the Internet of Electroshock Devices:

http://www.fitclarity.com/a-new-fitness-tracker-shocks-you-for-failing/

:wha?:

Imagine when one of *those* bad boys gets hacked... not only will the criminal then own your FB account, but he'll be able to torture you via The Cloud.

:kramer:

Add to this scenario how companies are looking into wearable technology to monitor productivity amongst their employees, and you can come up with a pretty oppressive work environment.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

NetworkGroover

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August 13, 2015, 02:52:30 PM
Quote from: deanwebb on August 13, 2015, 11:35:58 AM
Imagine when one of *those* bad boys gets hacked... not only will the criminal then own your FB account, but he'll be able to torture you via The Cloud.

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