Now the market sells Christmas tree garlands that can exchange data with a smartphone.Because of this,
“Russian magazine” talked to experts about thisnewspaper". An expert at the Laboratory for Practical Security Analysis of Jet Infosystems said that remote access to the garland can allow a hacker to control the device. An attacker can exploit vulnerabilities in the authentication process between the application and the garland.
As a representative of Roskachestvo reported, earlierthere have already been studies of breaking garlands. It turned out that tens of thousands of such devices are available for remote scanning. Hackers can, for example, make a garland flash. The expert advises to unplug all smart devices when leaving the house to avoid more dangerous attacks.