Collaborate Disseminate
Like many modern smart home gadgets, Belkin’s Wemo brand of smart plugs has a tendency to phone home every time you turn on a lamp. [Gigawatts] wasn’t having it, so they figured out how to flash the device with OpenWRT and replicated its original functionality with a web interface. Unfortunately …read more
An unpatched buffer overflow flaw allows remote attackers to completely take over the device and enter the home network. Continue reading Belkin IoT Smart Plug Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution in Smart Homes
This week, Facebook woes continue as FTC opens data privacy probe, YouTube isn’t for kids, iPhone manufacturer Foxconn acquires Belkin, Linksys, and Wemo! Our very own Jason Wood joins us for the expert commentary, and more on this episode of Hac… Continue reading FTC, iPhone, YouTube, and Wemo – Hack Naked News #166
[jfessard] doesn’t have extra-sensory perception, but does have an ESP8266. The little board seems to pop up in every hack these days. Inspired by not wanting to get up from the bean-bag chair or leave the electronics-housing cabinet wide open to use an HDMI switcher, [jfessard] hacked together an Alexa-compatible projector control via the ESP8266!
The core functionality here is the ability to turn the projector on and off, and to switch the HDMI source. [jfessard] connected the Panasonic PT-AE3000U projector to a Monoprice HDX-401TA 4×1 HDMI switcher. Tucked away in the cabinet below the projector, it is controlled using …read more
Continue reading Alexa Controls This Projector Thanks to ESP8266
They say charity begins at home, well IoT security probably should too. The growing number of Internet enabled and connected devices we populate our homes with continues to grow year on year – yet, with each new device we connect up, the less confident… Continue reading Consumer IoT Security v1.01
Very few residential architectural elements lend themselves to automation, with doors and windows being particularly thorny problems. You can buy powered doors and windows, true, but you’ll pay a pretty penny and have to go through an expensive remodeling project to install them. Solving this problem is why this double-hung window automation project caught our eye.
Another reason we took an interest in this project is that [deeewhite] chose to use a PLC to control his windows. We don’t see much love for industrial automation controllers around here, what with the space awash in cheap and easy to use microcontrollers. …read more
Continue reading PLC and Linear Actuators Automate Double-Hung Windows
Very few residential architectural elements lend themselves to automation, with doors and windows being particularly thorny problems. You can buy powered doors and windows, true, but you’ll pay a pretty penny and have to go through an expensive remodeling project to install them. Solving this problem is why this double-hung window automation project caught our eye.
Another reason we took an interest in this project is that [deeewhite] chose to use a PLC to control his windows. We don’t see much love for industrial automation controllers around here, what with the space awash in cheap and easy to use microcontrollers. …read more
Continue reading PLC and Linear Actuators Automate Double-Hung Windows
Researchers found vulnerabilities, now fixed, that could have turned your crockpot into a launching pad for malicious JavaScript. Continue reading WeMo smart home devices can be used to spy on Android phones