{"id":1236,"date":"2014-01-18T14:07:28","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T14:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2014-01-18T14:12:01","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T14:12:01","slug":"large-botnet-traced-back-to-hacked-refrigerator-by-cyber-security-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/?p=1236","title":{"rendered":"Large botnet traced back to hacked refrigerator"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/?p=1236\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><code><\/code>Call it the attack of the zombie refrigerators.<\/p>\n<p>Computer security researchers said this week they discovered a large &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.ndtv.com\/tags\/botnet\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">botnet<\/span><\/a>&#8221; which infected Internet-connected home appliances and then delivered more than 750,000 malicious emails.<\/p>\n<p>The California security firm Proofpoint, Inc., said hackers managed to penetrate home-networking routers, connected multi-media centers, televisions and at least one refrigerator to create a botnet or platform to deliver malicious spam or phishing emails from a device, usually without the owner&#8217;s knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Proofpoint said the case &#8220;has significant security implications for device owners and enterprise targets&#8221; because of massive growth expected in the use of smart and connected devices, from clothing to appliances.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Proofpoint&#8217;s findings reveal that cyber criminals have begun to commandeer home routers, smart appliances and other components of the Internet of Things and transform them into &#8216;thingbots,'&#8221; to carry out the same kinds of attacks normally associated with personal computers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.ndtv.com\/internet\/news\/large-botnet-traced-back-to-hacked-refrigerator-by-cyber-security-researchers-472608\" target=\"_blank\">More from NDTV Gadgets by clicking here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call it the attack of the zombie refrigerators. Computer security researchers said this week they discovered a large &#8220;botnet&#8221; which infected Internet-connected home appliances and then delivered more than 750,000 malicious emails. The California security firm Proofpoint, Inc., said hackers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/?p=1236\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-latest-news-ideas-problems-strategies-and-tactics-in-securing-cyberspace-and-virtual-organizations-discussed-by-experts-in-industries-as-well-as-academia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1236"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1241,"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/revisions\/1241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}