"#RSAC: Fixing the Mess of IoT Security"

Ken Munro baught used Wi-Fi-enabled tea kettles on ebay and was surpised how easy there were to hack. He reset the tea kettles to the factory settings, but the original owner’s router information was not deleted, and so not only did he have that key, he also had the former owner’s address through the transaction.  The concern is that while these vulnerabilities may seem small or easily fixed on one device, the reach of the API can go much further.  The security problems in IoT are systemic because now the vendors are realizing they don’t have the expertise, so they outsource.

InfoSecurity Magazine reports: "#RSAC: Fixing the Mess of IoT Security"