Someone could have stolen your Wi-Fi password from this Internet of Things doorbell

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2016/01/12/now-someone-can-steal-your-wi-fi-password-from-your-doorbell/

[I called this back around September 2013 when Jamie Siminoff went on ABC's 
"Shark Tank" pitching DoorBot, later rebranded to Ring.
https://twitter.com/c4i/status/401534203755765760  - WK]


By Owen Williams
thenextweb.com
01/14/16

Getting hacked sucks, but there’s something worse than that: getting 
hacked because of your own smart doorbell.

Ring is a popular smart doorbell that allows you to unlock your door from 
your phone, as well as see and hear visitors via a webcam.

Unfortunately for Ring, that same doorbell meant you could have had your 
Wi-Fi password stolen in a few minutes if someone cracked into the 
physical doorbell

According to Pen Test Partners, the attack was relatively trivial. To 
steal the password, it took removing the doorbell from the door using two 
screws, flipping it over and pushing the orange set-up button.

[...]

--
Evident.io - Continuous Cloud Security for AWS.
Identify and mitigate risks in 5 minutes or less.
Sign up for a free trial @ https://evident.io/