I recently switched security systems in my home, but quickly switched back when I felt that the company that controlled my systems, didn’t have my best interest in mind…

Little did I know that it wasn’t them I had to worry about!

I have what is supposed to be the cutting edge of security systems.. I can control my alarm from my phone, turn lights on and off, and even control my air condition if I am feeling too lazy to get out of bed and change the temperature manually.

This high tech security system should protect my home and my family. I should feel safe knowing that should anyone enter my home without my permission, both myself and the police will be notified .

So does it make any sense to you that my entire security system can be compromised by a single $10.00 piece of equipment that can be bought on amazon.com?

A recent article published on Forbes.com exposed a massive flaw in most major home security systems:

“He was able to play around with an ADT system thanks to the graciousness of his girlfriend’s father, who had one at home. The different vendors’ products all had the same problem: legacy wireless communications from the 90s that failed to encrypt or authenticate signals.

He could be pick up the signals being sent from sensors on windows and doors to the main control system using a cheap SDR, meaning he could see transmissions from sensors — which are sent even when the system is unarmed — and track when people were opening and closing windows and doors.

With a more sophisticated SDR, he could interfere with transmissions, setting the alarm off falsely by telling it doors were opening when they weren’t or jamming the system so that it wouldn’t go off, even if doors did open. He could do this from 65 to 250 yards away– basically a house over.

Using his methods, a would-be tech-savvy thief could suppress an alarm while going in and out with your stuff; a prankster neighbor could set your alarm off; or someone could monitor when you’re active at the house. At the very least, someone with an SDR could determine based on signals being sent whether you actually have an alarm system, or have just planted a “Protected by ADT” sign in your front yard.”

via How Your Security System Could Be Hacked To Spy On You.

How secure do you feel about your home security system now?

 

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