At the recent DEF CON hacking conference penetration testers demonstrated that Samsung smart fridge leaves Gmail logins open to attack.

Once again Internet of Things raises security concerns, this time security researchers have discovered a way to steal users’ Gmail credentials from a Samsung smart fridge.

At the recent DEF CON hacking conference, they presented a way to run a MiTM (man-in-the-middle) attack to steal the precious credentials. The experts hacked the RF28HMELBSR smart fridge manufactured by Samsung, the device is one of the Smart Home appliances commercialized by the company.

“The internet-connected fridge is designed to display Gmail Calendar information on its display,” explained Ken Munro, a security researcher at Pen Test Partners. “It appears to work the same way that any device running a Gmail calendar does. A logged-in user/owner of the calendar makes updates and those changes are then seen on any device that a user can view the calendar on.”
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