It is not just computer systems and national infrastructure that are vulnerable to cyber-attacks. The emerging Internet of Things (IOT) - where devices such as smart watches, handphones and even kitchen appliances can connect to the Internet - means even your household is not safe.
And research assistant Toh Jing Hui from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and his team of hackers spend much of their time hacking into these gizmos, to expose how vulnerable users are today.
Ÿ??The smart watch is a very good example,Ÿ? said Mr Toh, who would be considered a white hat or ethical computer hacker. Ÿ??What the attacker can do is to infect your smartwatch with a malicious software that makes it run like a printer.
Ÿ??So you go into your company and you try to send printouts. But instead of sending it to the printer, everything will be collected by the watch which the attacker can take out.Ÿ?
Even those innocuous Wifi-enabled slow cookers are not safe; an attacker can compromise your web server and use it send spam emails.
Ÿ??This (IOT) is a very new domain, so there is no proper standard to follow to secure such devices. ?˜So part of our work is to try to set this standard,Ÿ? he said.
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Ethical hackers on the frontline, keeping your home safe from cyber-attacks
