Wearable Botnets and Happy Hacked Drivers
summary
The talk examines security risks from the growing mesh of connected devices (wearables, home routers, vehicle systems). It reviews real-world vulnerabilities and incidents—compromised ADSL modems, hijacked railway video screens, and leaked car control-unit secrets—and explains the threat actors and black-market opportunities exploiting these systems.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:11Car vulnerabilities research
- 12:43IoT era
- 23:19Botnets and attacker motives
- 32:02Attacks on connected cars
- 41:36Vulnerabilities and market impact
- 49:03Researcher responsibilities
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