IoT is in the press almost daily. This talk presents 3 abstracts with live examples of weaponizing, defending and securing IoT devices. Relive my encounters of: "When Refrigerators Attack" or "How I beat back the Deadly Dishwasher". And of course, the all time favorite, "Killer Webcams from Outer Space!" Seriously, why do we treat IoT any differently than a rogue Windows XP host or an unknown new virus on a laptop brought in by an employee? If a missile is pointed at my castle, and the enemy changes to having 500 smaller missiles, shouldn’t my defenses be able to handle these attacks? I will show various devices that have been weaponized and how to detect and defend (and in the process show possible ways they might have become weaponized). And before you ask, yes, some dishwashers were harmed in the researching of this talk.
My background goes back 30+ years, mostly under the radar, but let’s just say I am a “Purple” Kat. I took my parents stereo apart at the age of 7 to find out where the music came from. I am based in Pittsburgh and a natural creature of winter, you can typically find me sipping Gran Mayan Anejo whilst simultaneously defending my systems using OSS, magic spells and Dancing Flamingos against a barrage of attackers, and I have honeypots all over the world.