Smart devices, dumb security: expect more botnet attacks

By Spandas Lui
Updated October 25 2016 - 1:14pm, first published 12:25pm
Chinese firm Hangzhou Xiongmai has admitted its cameras and other devices are vulnerable to being taken over by hackers, and it's not alone.
Chinese firm Hangzhou Xiongmai has admitted its cameras and other devices are vulnerable to being taken over by hackers, and it's not alone.

Last weekend's massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that crippled the internet came from a network of consumer devices including routers, IP security cameras and digital video recorders (DVRs).