Hacking Into Internet Connected Light Bulbs

I won t say it is simply a matter of hooking up an electro optical sensor to a telescope and pointing it at a light bulb but that s the meat and potatoes of the sub 1 000 800 hardware hack.

Hacking into internet connected light bulbs. But there must have been a few raised eyebrows when researchers at context published an analysis of security vulnerabilities in lifx smart light bulbs where they described how by gaining access to a master bulb they were able to control all connected bulbs and expose user network configurations. Hacking into internet connected light bulbs contextis co uk 96 points by tomanthony on july 4 2014 hide past web favorite 40 comments udo on july 4 2014. Hacking into internet connected light bulbs the subject of this blog the lifx light bulb bills itself as the light bulb reinvented. A wifi enabled multi color sic energy efficient led light bulb that can be controlled from a smartphone 1.

A hacker that goes by the handle limitedresults has demonstrated how they were able to hack into a popular internet connected light bulb and extract the owner s wi fi login and password. Show us your or someone else s electronic circuit design and or final build. An electronic engineering related news article or announcement. Hacking into internet connected light bulbs july 5 2014 digifoxtech leave a comment go to comments the subject of this blog the lifx light bulb bills itself as the light bulb reinvented.

Zigbee contains a flaw that can allow hackers to infect a light bulb and then spread it to other philips hue bulbs in the network. The encouraging news is that what the researchers from context did was far from simple. Electronic engineering related posts that don t fall into any other category. A wifi enabled multi color sic energy efficient led light bulb that can be controlled from a smartphone 1.