The Internet of Things (IoT) and these types of wireless technologies are putting global security into question. Imagine the chaos that could be caused in terms of espionage and black market of information due to the leakage of private messages only obtained through smart light bulbs or even the robot vacuum cleaner that cleans our house. Once again we have a video that will make our hair stand on end in terms of this type of topic, and that is comfort and technology sometimes come at a much higher price than we pay in currency.
En The Verge we have seen this fantastic video. In it it is observed how through a drone infects a light bulb with a virus Philips Hue so fashionable lately, and this is responsible for also infecting the rest of the bulbs of the plant in question. To carry out such skillful work, they did not even need to have physical access to the bulbs, that is, they were infected wirelessly, taking advantage of a drone more than ten meters away. Once infected and as we see in the video, we can perform various actions with them.
In the video in question you can see how the bulbs emit the famous SOS in Morse code. As we watch, as when moving the drone, more and more bulbs are being infected. This is the risk posed by the IoT and the fact that manufacturers are not putting security measures on this type of element. Perhaps the problem is not entirely with the manufacturers, but with a public that consumes without facing the consequences or demanding a minimum of quality in terms of privacy protection, little more can we say in a world where 88% of devices mobile phones have Android, of which the vast majority are in outdated and unprotected versions.