links for 2009-06-14

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• Buggy 'smart meters' open door to power-grid botnet • The Register
  Ugh. "To prove his point, Davis and his IOActive colleagues designed a worm that self-propagates across a large number of one manufacturer's smart meter. Once infected, the device is under the control of the malware developers in much the way infected PCs are under the spell of bot herders. Attackers can then send instructions that cause its software to turn power on or off and reveal power usage or sensitive system configuration settings."
  (tags: security energy botnet)

chris @ June 15, 2009