Internet everywhere and poor security practices: a disaster in the making?

[learninmypc]

We often hear about botnets (networks of infected computers) being used to send out spam, perform Distributed Denial of Service attacks or other nefarious activities by the bad guys. Well, an unidentified researcher thought there was much more that could be done with a botnet and took on an unprecedented mission to map out the Internet by looking at how many single IP addresses were in use. An ambitious goal you might say, but considering the botnet was scanning billions of ports per hour, it provides a never-before seen view and “census” of the Internet IPv4 address space.http://blog.malwarebytes.org/intell...security-practices-a-disaster-in-the-making/#

 

[Kunming]

I've seen this and it's quite impressive really.

I share in the worry of many things being connected to the internet, but security
being a distant thought. I can't imagine how things will look like, with all the ideas about
"smart homes" and such. Imagine a fully hackable home...

 

[learninmypc]

Yes, isn't technology fun

 

[Kunming]

Technology is fun ^^
It's just when people care more about bells and
whistles than anything else, that things can go wrong.
I mean heck, some countries are creating "smart" electric
grids. Yay, more stuff to target for other nations eh.

 

[learninmypc]

Yes, I don't want/need any fancy technology, am grateful for the pc I'm on