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For The First Time, Hackers Have Used A Refrigerator To Attack Businesses
Business Insider ^ | January 17. 2014 | JULIE BORT

Posted on 01/17/2014 6:19:17 AM PST by MeshugeMikey

Security researchers at Proofpoint have uncovered the very first wide-scale hack that involved television sets and at least one refrigerator.

Yes, a fridge.

This is being hailed as the first home appliance "botnet" and the first cyberattack from the Internet of Things.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


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To: Peet

i really want to have the locks....to my place accessible by a wireless digital system ...

oh the possibilities ..


61 posted on 01/17/2014 2:21:03 PM PST by MeshugeMikey (This Message NOT Approved By The N.S.A.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

I don’t want some guy in Russia controlling my thermostat, LOL. Especially now that the “global warming” has blown away and it’s 10 below.


62 posted on 01/17/2014 2:23:26 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: nascarnation

the nigerians will probably have major fun with the thermostats....


63 posted on 01/17/2014 2:24:05 PM PST by MeshugeMikey (This Message NOT Approved By The N.S.A.)
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To: MeshugeMikey; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ...

There is NO WAY I’m buying appliances that connect to the Internet!

Combined PING! and DANG!


64 posted on 01/17/2014 6:16:01 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (...)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Can I stick my hoo-hoo-dilly on the internet?


65 posted on 01/17/2014 6:18:38 PM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Lazamataz

Do you really want it sending malicious emails to your girlfriend’s vajayjay at climax?


66 posted on 01/17/2014 6:21:22 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (...)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Ooo. Good point.

(sound of zipper, zipping back up)

67 posted on 01/17/2014 6:23:09 PM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Imagine having your refrigerator tell you that you’re overdrawn at the bank?


68 posted on 01/17/2014 6:25:03 PM PST by MeshugeMikey (This Message NOT Approved By The N.S.A.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Daisy, Daisy...


69 posted on 01/17/2014 7:00:13 PM PST by Flick Lives (Got a problem with the government? Have a complaint. Get a free IRS audit!)
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To: 2nd amendment mama

Ping!


70 posted on 01/17/2014 7:27:14 PM PST by basil (2ASisters.org)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Well when your phone falls out of shallow ladies jeans front pockets into the toilet when you turn around to flush it, you are more or less forced into the new phones. Then you get addicted to the new features of music, and photos of your grands, great grands and often the only place you get the photos is from FB posts.


71 posted on 01/18/2014 8:36:07 AM PST by GailA (THOSE WHO DON'T KEEP PROMISES TO THE MILITARY, WON'T KEEP THEM TO U!)
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To: GailA
Well there is a certain set of conveniences that my Dumb Phone lacks yes.

I guess it wouldnt be to scarey as I doubt that the NSA would connect...the address of the smart phone with my IP address,


72 posted on 01/18/2014 9:09:10 AM PST by MeshugeMikey (This Message NOT Approved By The N.S.A.)
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To: Justa
...ways to avoid your appliances getting cease-and-dissist email from your ISP. Setting a password on the ISP router/modem, disabling ISP email and blocking the router’s port 25 are a few simple ways.

Could you explain disabling ISP email and blocking the router's port 25, for us dummies? (including mac dummies, if possible.)

73 posted on 01/18/2014 12:25:27 PM PST by Albion Wilde (The less a man knows, the more certain he is that he knows it all.)
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To: Albion Wilde

No problem.

The ISP email is a feature of your provider. You can go to their website, login to your ISP account and disable the email feature -if possible. The best option is to configure your premise modem/router to avoid getting hacked.

Login to your ISP modem via the web interface to it:
Bring up a blank http:// webpage. The ISP router/modems usually have a default address (from within the LAN) of 192.168.1.1. Enter that to bring up the modem’s logon page. If you haven’t changed the logon it will be the default something like Admin/Password123. If you’re unsure google it via the name of your ISP. Once you get into the router the firewall feature will have ports and/or protocols. Disable/block port 25 or the SMTP protocol if you do not directly access an email server. Web mail will be unaffected by this.

Most of all set a password on your modem/router other than the default. That’ll stop the hack mentioned in this article.


74 posted on 01/19/2014 9:15:49 AM PST by Justa
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To: Justa
You can go to their website, login to your ISP account and disable the email feature...

You are a prince (or a princess) for taking the time to educate me! Thank you so much!

75 posted on 01/19/2014 10:25:27 AM PST by Albion Wilde (The less a man knows, the more certain he is that he knows it all.)
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