Researcher Hacks Network Connected Devices in Own Home - SC Magazine

SC Magazine, By Adam Greenberg

The average home has about five network connected devices that are not computers and mobile phones, according to David Jacoby, a security analyst with Kaspersky Lab, who recently decided to undergo an experiment to see if he could hack those devices in his own house.

The answer is a resounding yes, Jacoby indicated in a Thursday post, explaining that the criteria for a successful hack in this research meant obtaining access to a device, or obtaining administrative access to a device, or being able to modify a device.

In Jacoby's home, he found that two popular network-attached storage (NAS) devices contained more than 14 vulnerabilities that could enable remote system command execution under the highest administrative privileges, he wrote. Furthermore, the devices used weak passwords stored in cleartext and configuration files had incorrect permissions. Read more.