Termineter - Open-source smart meter assessment tool
An IT assessment firm announced Thursday that it is releasing an open-source framework that can be used to gauge the security of smart meters.
Cleveland-based SecureState, which is planning to demonstrate the tool, dubbed Termineter, next week at the Security B-Sides conference in Las Vegas, said the purpose of the release is to raise security awareness for smart meters.
Such devices, which can be connected to appliances and enable two-way communication between homes and the utility companies to offer more electrical efficiency and reliability, may provide entryways for malicious individuals, and result in privacy and cyber security risks. In April, security blogger Brian Krebs, citing an FBI internal document, warned that affordable and easily obtainable tools on the web can be used to attack these devices to alter readings. Security experts also have said attackers could compromise meters to cause power disruptions.
