Experts Concerned About the Lack of Security Around “The Internet of Things”

More and more people are using devices that connect to the internet to improve their home. It’s nice to be able to control your thermostat from your phone or receive a tweet when your refrigerator detects that your milk has gone bad. Unfortunately, with the rise of internet connected things, or “The Internet of Things”, security experts are questioning the security of these devices. The fact of the matter is, there is minimal protection of the internet connected things.

An example would be the fact the 95% of the worlds ATMs are running Windows XP (an operating system that will no longer be supported as of April 8th, 2014). Other creators of internet connected things do not include or have minimal methods of issuing patches or updates. Studies show that even when a system does have a patch available, consumers are not likely to apply it.

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