Bitdefender Security Suite, is a full security suite that keeps you safe online. The application has numerous integral services included, such as antivirus, firewall, a USB drive immuniser, strong browsing and privacy tools, social networking protection, parental controls and a spam filter.

KEY FEATURES INCLUDE

Bitdefender Antivirus and Anti-spyware, Bitdefender Autopilot, Bitdefender Photon and Bitdefender Safebox-Secure Online storage.
Secure browsing with privacy protection, two way firewall and cloud based antispam filters.
Bitdefender Internet Security provides you with an enhanced quick vunerability Scanner, a startup optimizer and an enhanced parental control module.

Bitdefender is award winning software, which protects every avenue of your system with secure features that are robust and have the lowest impact on your PC’s performance. In fact, OneClick Security from Bitdefender is so simple to use, you only need one click to be safe.

The newer version of the appliance, iKettle 2.0, though more secure than its predecessor, is still not free of bugs and can be bricked. “What you can do is you can drive past it and send a raw HEX 0C and the kettle goes into a firmware update loop and dies,” the researcher explains.

Further cases of lax security in IoT referred to the Jura E8 smart coffee machine, which had no restriction on Bluetooth pairing, allowing anyone with an open Bluetooth connection to control the device.

Munro also tackled the IoT ransomware threat and took it from theory to practice by demonstrating how a thermostat can be taken hostage. This was possible because the device firmware failed to validate user input in some cases and was vulnerable to command injection.

During the ransomware experiment, Munro managed to control the device remotely and upload a backdrop image that informed owners they were locked out and had to pay a specific amount in ransom to regain access. Even more, remote control of the device persisted after reboot, so an attacker could extort a victim more than once.