Getty“Hackers can use innocent devices to do a virtual drive-by of your digital life,” warned the FBI in December. The firm’s head of research, Yaniv Balmas, tells me that his team decided to target IoT, testing for security holes in these connected smart devices. “Technically,” Balmas tells me, “with this exploit I can be 200 or 300 metres away from your home or office. I can take over your device, I can connect to your network.” Which makes this the reality of “drive-by” hacking. So until there are consumer devices which automate such security, perhaps the safest route is taking more care as to the numbers and variety of connected devices we allow into our home?

Source: Forbes February 05, 2020 10:52 UTC