National researchers in Australia developed a hack proof computer code called microkernel. It is the barest bone of an operating system. By keeping an operating system as simple as possible, the harder it is to crack because you eliminate vulnerabilities in the system. We are now in the Internet of Things age where most of the devices we have connects to the internet, making them susceptible to hacking. Recently in the news we seen how hackers were able to take control of cars, could you imagine how dangerous that could be if someone was driving on a highway at 65mph and someone hacked into their car and took control of the vehicles acceleration and braking. Better yet an Airplane with hundreds of people on board. The more we introduce technology into our everyday lives we increase the risk of vulnerabilities that someone can exploit. If these researchers could develop a hack proof code they will change the world of technology as we know it.
Hello Wane/class- this is a good article and it provides a great overview of the security lacks on existing technologies we have now a days.
The creation of software that is hard to exploit is just a great example of the need of security, but it also shows how behind we are to make everything else secure.
You also mention the internet of things and how it exists for things that we do, but in my opinion we should slow down, fix most of the problems we have in information and cyber security around the world before we continue to launch new and exciting thing with wholes and security-less features.
Hi Wayne, thanks for the post.
In this day and age “Hack-proof” code seems like an illusion. I agree that making things simpler also makes it easier to secure, but compartmentalization doesn’t actually make the system “hack-proof” as the article indicated, it just it makes it harder.
Great article, but this seems to good to be true. I don’t believe anything is hack proof, the hackers just haven’t found a way to find the vulnerabilities yet!!.