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University attacked by its own vending machines, smart light bulbs & 5,000 IoT devices | Network World

http://www.networkworld.com/article/3168763/security/university-attacked-by-its-own-vending-machines-smart-light-bulbs-and-5-000-iot-devices.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#tk.rss_security Here is another story about vulnerable IoT devices causing problems. It shows again that it is a really good idea to keep IoT devices separated from your critical network. Building a completely separate network for IoT devices keeps making more and more sense every day.

Spideruino

https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/JulienChateau/spideruino-5915e9?ref=platform&ref_id=424_recent___&offset=4 This looks to be a very funny LEGO + Arduino robotics project.

Please stop charging your phone in public ports

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/15/technology/public-ports-charging-bad-stop/index.html Your smart phone is very vulnerable to attacks through USB charge/data port. So be careful where you plug your phone to – your phone can be easily hacked with maliscious USB charge port.

Illuminate Me – Hackster.io

https://www.hackster.io/kottofy/illuminate-me-6049b1?ref=explore&ref_id=trending___&offset=7 This project connects ESP8266, LED, Azure IoT and Twitter together.