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Title: Researchers Hijack Samsung's SmartThings IoT System
Post by: HCK on May 05, 2016, 04:05:16 pm
Researchers Hijack Samsung's SmartThings IoT System

Researchers at the University of Michigan on Monday announced they had uncovered a series of vulnerabilities in the Samsung SmartThings home automation system that essentially could have allowed hackers to take control of various functions and break into a user's home. The researchers, working with Microsoft, were able to perform four proof-of-concept attacks.

Source: Researchers Hijack Samsung's SmartThings IoT System (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83461.html?rss=1)