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FBI Tells Jo(e) Sixpack to Become an Expert in IoT Security

posted by mrpg on Friday December 15 2017, @04:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the #-sudo-nano-/etc/hosts dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Internet of Things users need to become sysadmins, America's Federal Bureau of Investigation says.

That's a summary of the Feds' blog post, published this week, in which the agency's Beth Anne Steele wrote that Things are best deployed on their own network, with an off-switch.

Steele's post offered a checklist explaining how consumers can best secure their stuff, including a suggestion to: "Isolate 'IoT' devices on their own protected networks" – which means you'll want a firewall between your broadband modem and the switch that connects the devices.

The checklist might reach beyond the capabilities of the average IoT buyer, who just wants to swipe the phone app to control their lights (because the wall is so far away), but on its own, that's a point worth making. So here's the full list, with El Reg commentary.

"Change default usernames and passwords?" Brain shutting down. Too. Much. Techno-babble.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 15 2017, @04:43AM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 15 2017, @04:43AM (#610099)

    ...the coming shitshow will proceed spectacularly if you can avoid empathizing with the people burned by it. If you can't... it's gonna be a rough time.

  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 15 2017, @04:55AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 15 2017, @04:55AM (#610105)

    That will be easy, I'm not buying any IoT devices...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 15 2017, @05:21AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 15 2017, @05:21AM (#610115)

      That will be easy, I'm not buying any IoT devices...

      Millions and millions of other people will buy IoT devices. Those devices, if deployed unsecured, could cause havoc on the internet for you and me.

    • (Score: 2) by legont on Friday December 15 2017, @08:17PM (1 child)

      by legont (4179) on Friday December 15 2017, @08:17PM (#610429)

      Do you plan to drive a donkey?

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      "Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.

      • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Saturday December 16 2017, @12:32AM

        by bob_super (1357) on Saturday December 16 2017, @12:32AM (#610570)

        Might be a while before we get Self-driving bikes...

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday December 15 2017, @05:04AM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday December 15 2017, @05:04AM (#610110) Journal

    If you can't...

    There will be an airtasker.com to take your money for it.

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    • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Friday December 15 2017, @06:05AM (1 child)

      by MostCynical (2589) on Friday December 15 2017, @06:05AM (#610138) Journal

      You can get therapy on airtasker?

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      "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday December 15 2017, @06:35AM

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday December 15 2017, @06:35AM (#610155) Journal

        You can get anything you want on airtasker, if you let them bid. Those people are hungry.

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