The Internet For Things research program

Assorted related reading and resources

Protocol standardisation articles from the IETF Journal

• Things Talking to Other Things about Things (July 2016)
• Internet of Things: Standards and Guidance from the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) (April 2016)
• IAB (Internet Architecture Board) Releases Guidelines for Internet-of-Things Developers (July 2015)

Site Automation

• Amazon IoT: "..a managed cloud platform that lets connected devices easily and securely interact with cloud applications and other devices."
• Google Home: "Voice-control your smart devices."
• HomeKit: "The smart home just got smarter."
• IFTTT: If This Then That, "Connect the apps and devices you love with “if this, then that” statements"
• OpenHAB: Open software "...for integrating different home automation systems and technologies into one single solution."
• SmartThings: "Stay Connected to Your Home and Family."
• Virtual Wiring: "...turns *nix computers [...] into robust, control systems."

Security issues

• Intimate Adult Toy + WiFi + camera: Fail. (The Register, April 2017)
• Creepy IoT teddy bear leaks >2 million parents' and kids' voice messages (Arstechnica, Feb 2017)
• Reaping the Whirlwind: DDoS Defense in the Age of Mirai (presentation by Roland Dobbins, Arbor Networks, 2016)
• Webcam firm recalls hackable devices after mighty Mirai botnet attack (welivesecurity, Oct 2016)
• "Dirty COW" Linux Kernel Exploit Seen in the Wild: Older, unpatched Linux kernels are at the core of many IoT devices (Security Week, Oct 2016)
• These 60 dumb passwords can hijack over 500,000 IoT devices into the Mirai botnet (GrahamCluley, Oct 2016)
• Hajime: Analysis of a decentralized internet worm for IoT devices (pdf) (Rapidity Networks, Oct 2016)
• Source Code for IoT Botnet 'Mirai' Released (KrebsOnSecurity Blog, Oct 2016)
• IoT devices being increasingly used for DDoS attacks: "Malware is infesting a growing number of IoT devices, but their owners may be completely unaware of it" (Symantec Blog, Sep 2016)
• KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Record DDoS (KrebsOnSecurity Blog, Sep 2016)
• Samsung Smart Home flaws let hackers make keys to front door: "Don't rely on SmartThings for anything security related, researchers warn" (Arstechnica, May 2016)
• Z-Wave protocol hacked with SDR (software defined radio) (Hackaday, Jan 2016)
• This guy's light bulb performed a DoS attack on his entire smart house (Fusion, Mar 2015)

Dependency issues

• The Not-So-Smart SmartThings Home Hub (When your IoT devices misbehave...) (HackYourHome Blog, Apr 2016)
• Philips Hue cuts support for third-party bulbs (a decision later reversed, but highlights dependence on on-going manufacturer support) (CNET, Dec 2015)