Kwaye inyani kukuba akukho mntu ukhululekile ekuhlaselweni "ngabagculeli" njengoko ezi ndaba zibonisa, apho kutyhilwa ubungozi. ichaphazela ngqo inkqubo yonxibelelwano yeZigbee Isetyenziswe ziibhalbhu zePhilips Hue kunye nezinye izixhobo zekhaya ezinje ngeHoneywell thermostats, iiNkqubo zoKhuseleko zeBosch, Ikea Tradfri, iSmart SmartThings, iAmazon Ring, iXfinity Box nezinye ezininzi.
Kule meko ingxaki kukuba umntu wangaphandle angazilawula ii-bulbs zethu, atshintshe umbala, ukukhanya okanye ade azicime okanye azicime ngaphandle kokuba sikwazi ukwenza nantoni na ukuyithintela. Obu bungozi bufunyenwe ngu Jonga abaphandi bezokhuseleko.
Abasebenzisi abanolu hlobo lwemveliso yePhilips banokuqiniseka ukuba inkampani ilumkisiwe ngale ngxaki kwaye iyisombulule ngohlaziyo, nangona kuyinyani ukuba sele siyibonile ingxaki kwithuba elidlulileyo kunye nezixhobo zeebhalbhu ezithile (ezazichaphazeleka kolu hlaselo ngo-2016) kwaye ngeso sihlandlo azinakusonjululwa ngohlaziyo, nangona kufanele ukuba kuthiwe azinako ukusasazeka kuzo zonke izixhobo ezivela kwibhulorho njengoko bekunjalo obu bungozi butsha kuvavanywa iibhalbhu, ke oko kuya kuchaphazela kuphela olu hlobo oluthile lweebhalbhu.
Lo ayisiyongxaki yePhilips, ngumgaqo olandelwayo wokufikelela kwibhulorho, kodwa abasebenzisi bayacetyiswa ukuba bajonge usetyenziso lwePhilips Hue lokuhlaziya ziyafumaneka kwaye ukuba kunokwenzeka bayifumane, yifake ngokukhawuleza. Kuyafana nezinye izixhobo ezinxulumene neZigbee. U-Yaniv Balmas uqobo, iNtloko yoPhando e-Check Point Research, ucacisile:
Uninzi lwethu luyazi ukuba izixhobo ze-IoT zinokubeka umngcipheko kwezokhuseleko, kodwa olu phando lubonisa ukuba kwanezixhobo eziqhelekileyo nezibonakala 'zizidenge', ezinje ngeebhalbhu zokukhanya, ezinokuthi zixhatshazwe ngabagculi kwaye zisetyenziswe ukuthatha iinethiwekhi okanye ukufaka i-malware. Kubalulekile ukuba amashishini kunye nabasebenzisi bazikhusele kwezi zifo zinokubakho ngokuhlaziya izixhobo zabo ngeziqwengana zamva nje kwaye bazihlule kwezinye izixhobo zonxibelelwano kwinethiwekhi zabo ukunciphisa ukusasazeka okunokubakho kwe-malware. Namhlanje kukho iintlobo ezininzi zokuhlaselwa kwe-cyber ngenxa yoko asinakukwazi ukugqitha ukhuseleko lwayo nantoni na edibene nenethiwekhi.
Kwinxalenye yakhe lAbaphathi be-Philips Hue baye babulela abaphandi be-Check Point ngomsebenzi wabo kwaye ngaphezulu kwako konke ukubalumkisa malunga nobungozi (CVE-2020-6007) ngaphambi kokuyazisa esidlangalaleni kunye nokwenza uloyiko okanye ingxaki kwinkampani.