Forthcoming talk

Hacking the Internet of Things (IoT)

Thursday 14 May 2015

8.00pm at the offices of Sopra Steria, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7AH

The IoT is a paradigm of how devices are now interconnected by various media to each other locally and across the Internet, allowing them to exchange information or to interact with us. You can control the heating in your home from a smartphone or monitor the hundreds of buoys free floating in ocean currents. IoT has great potential for aiding both us and malicious activities. This talk discusses the IoT and its potentials, followed by discussions and demonstrations of how the IoT can be hacked to reveal details of our interactions or take control of the environment around us.

It includes a demonstration of RFID can be compromised by looking at an attack on a RFID based door access controller.

RFID Cloner

RFID Door COntroller

The event is being organised by the Hertfordshire branch of the BCS, details of the talk are on their event page

If you wish to attend this meeting, please would you book your places using this booking link.

Talk: Hacking the Internet of Things

I will be giving an introductory level talk titled Hacking the Internet of Things on Tuesday 13th May, details are available on the Bedfordshire branch of the BCS.

http://www.beds.bcs.org.uk/events.php

If you wish to attend you need to pre-book using the BCS event booking system https://events.bcs.org/book/1063/

Description of the talk

The Internet of Things describes a paradigm of how electronic devices including everyday items are now interconnected by various media to each other locally and across the Internet. This allows them to exchange information and to interact with us in order to make life easy. You can now control the heating in your home from a smart phone app or monitor the movement of hundreds of buoys free floating in ocean currents from anywhere in the world.

RFID Controlled Door lock

The Internet of Things has great potential for aiding us. However the potential for malicious activities is just as great. This talk discusses the Internet of Things and its potential. This will be followed by discussions and demonstrations of how the Internet of Things can be hacked to reveal details of our interactions or to take control of the environment around us.