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Did you know that the earliest electromagnetic alarm systems were patented 160 years ago? This early forerunner of todays sophisticated alarm systems relied on the closing of an electric circuit to set off a ringing bell that would alert homeowners that a window or door had been opened. Fortunately, when we started this business, there had already been a number of improvements on those early alarm systems. Today, as All Island Security celebrates 25 years in business on Long Island, we can look back and say that we, and the industry, have come a long way.

When we started All Island Security in 1989, home security systems were already electronic and motion detectors had been added to create a more complete intrusion-detection system. In the years since weve been in business, weve seen internet connections and smart phones become a standard in home security systems. Today, you can even turn the alarm systems on and off remotely, using your smart phone or tablet, and create PIN numbers for each member of your household so you have a record of who was in the house at any given time.

But all of this high-tech gadgetry would not be as useful if it werent for the focus on customer service of alarm companies on Long Island like All Island Security. You see, rather than attempting to take on the world, weve instead focused on our turf - Long Island - and made sure that we provide the best in security for every resident. Our home office is here, our technicians are local, and our alarm system monitoring has not been outsourced - its right here on Long Island. We believe that this focus on being the best in our industry, right here at home, is the correct way to provide the most complete home security package that you need.

So while were thrilled to be celebrating 25 years in business, we are also looking ahead to the new frontiers in home security. Theres talk about using facial recognition software and other intriguing concepts out there, and were listening to it all. When you trust your home to All Island Security, you can expect that we will be around for another 25 years, bringing the latest technology to the vital task of keeping your home and family safe.

All Island Security Inc. was incorporated in New York in 1989 and is licensed as an alarm company on Long Island by the New York State Department of State. Our license # is 12000029466.

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LAS VEGASDuring his keynote and a press conference that followed here at the Black Hat information security conference, In-Q-Tel Chief Information Security Officer Dan Geer expressed concern about the growing threat of botnets powered by home and small office routers. The inexpensive Wi-Fi routers commonly used for home Internet accesswhich are rarely patched by their ownersare an easy target for hackers, Geer said, and could be used to construct a botnet that "could probably take down the Internet." Asked by Ars if he considered home routers to be the equivalent of critical infrastructure as a security priority, he answered in the affirmative.

Geer spoke about the threat posed by home routers in advance of "SOHOpelessly Broken," a router hacking contest scheduled for theDEF CON security conference later this week sponsored by the Electronic Frontier Foundation."Because they are so cheap, you can get a low-end router for less than 20 bucks that hasn't been updated in a while," Geer explained.

Attackers could identify vulnerabilities in particular modelsand then scan the Internet for targets based on the routers' signatures. "Theycan then build botnets on the exterior of the networkthe routing that it does is only on side facing ISPs," he said. "If I can build a botnet on the outside of the routers, I could probably take down the Internet."

During his keynote, Geer had said that inexpensive routers were an example of the security risk of the "Internet of Things," because of their use of long-lived embedded software with no automatic way for vendors to distribute patches. "All embedded software should either have a remote management interface, orthey need a finite lifetime," he opined, "because if they live long enough, something bad will happen. If a person lives long enough, they will get dementiaif a piece of software lives long enough, it will be taken over."

In response to a question during the following press conference, Geer admitted that remote management software for routers was a potential security risk in itself."But absent that, there's a different set of risks," he added. By using "fuzzing"sending bogus data to a device to try to cause a failureGeer said that attackers could essentially discover "an unintended remote management interface.Unless you adopt [interface] strictures, it's very difficult to defend against bad inputs."

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David Pietzrak, 50, of San Jose, was arrested Aug. 5, 2014, in connection with a string of burglaries in Santa Clara County, including one in Morgan Hill and as many as a dozen in San Jose. (Morgan Hill Police Department)

SAN JOSE -- Nowadays, a home burglary in San Jose is on the lower end of police priorities, a casualty of shortstaffing that has funneled more and more resources to emergency calls.

But in one very visible instance this week, a man shown breaking into a Cambrian-area home on high-definition home security video was arrested, thanks in part to a sympathetic off-duty police sergeant who pursued the case.

David Michael Pietrzak, 50, of San Jose, was arrested Tuesday evening in Walnut Creek by the Santa Clara County Specialized Enforcement Team. When he was taken into custody, two warrants were circulating for him: one in Morgan Hill, where he was suspected of burglarizing a home July 29 on San Benito Road and a second for not reporting to his probation officer under the state's prison-realignment policy.

He gained more visibility earlier this week after a daytime burglary Sunday on Varden Avenue. A man closely resembling Pietrzak was recorded breaking into the home of Lily Leiby, who released the surveillance footage to police and the media.

Leiby was initially told by responding officers that short of catching a thief red-handed, they could not promise swift resolution, citing an undermanned burglary unit.

Soon after, San Jose patrol Sgt. Joaquin Barreto, saw coverage of the break-in and started looking into the case on his day off, police spokesman Officer Albert Morales said.

About the same time, Morgan Hill police identified Pietzrak as a burglary suspect in that city and circulated his photo. Barreto saw he was a "pretty good match" for the man shown in the video. Barreto worked with Morgan Hill detectives and learned Pietzrak absconded on his post-release community supervision, which the state implemented in 2011 to move certain nonviolent offenders out of prisons, lessen their sentences, and place them under county supervision, to comply with court-ordered prison-overcrowding relief.

Pietzrak, a convicted burglar, was one of the first inmates released under what is commonly known as prison realignment, which law-enforcement officials have blamed -- anecdotally, since precise figures have been hard to come by -- for rising property-crime rates throughout the state.

Barreto gathered information suggesting Pietzrak was in Walnut Creek, and the county enforcement team went there to arrest him on the two warrants. Interrogations soon linked him to the videotapedincident, and he is thought to have committed a slew of other burglaries in the county, including as many as a dozen in San Jose, Morales said.

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As hackers gather in Las Vegas for the Black Hat cybersecurity conference, challenging the security of the Internet of Things seems to be this year's hottest topic.

And no wonder. According to a study HP released last week, a review of ten of popular "smart" devices -- including TVs, webcams, home thermostats, remote power outlets, sprinkler controls and automatic door locks -- found 70 percent had security vulnerabilities.

One of the Black Hat speakers recently discovered a major security flaw at a hotel where he was staying. Telling CBS News that he was just curious, Jesus Molina says he accidentally discovered that he could have taken over communications at the St. Regis Shenzhen Hotel.

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Molina, who explained details of the hack to WIRED in advance of the conference, discovered that the hotel had been using an older, unencrypted communications protocol known as KNX. It was designed for hard-wired systems but then put to use for wireless. Molina said he could have taken control of it and "changed every channel in every room so everyone could watch soccer with me." But he didn't. Instead, he notified the hotel about the system's insecurities, and they acknowledged that they had been working to fix it.

Molina told CBS News that the insecure KNX protocol is increasingly being used for "smart home" automation systems -- with potentially disastrous consequences, he warned.

"Privacy and physical security is a big concern," Molina said in an email. "The risk in case of a successful penetration heavily depends on the type of devices attached to the home automation network, from mild if lights only are attached, to severe if cameras and key locks are part of it."

Several other presentations at Black Hat also focus on weaknesses in the cybersecurity and physical security of popular devices. Twitter security engineer Charlie Miller and IOActive's Christopher Valasek explore whether some cars are more vulnerable to remote compromise than others. Security researcher Silvio Cesare demonstrates how home alarm systems and keyless entry systems for cars are not as secure as most people think.

"Over time we have started to see a wider group of people attacking physical hardware and many low-end hobbyist hardware hacking tools are now becoming available. This is changing the scenario of having hardware hacking only available to well resourced attackers," Cesare told CBS News in an email.

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A handyman who went to a Worcester apartment yesterday for a scheduled maintenance call stumbled upon the bodies of three men, said police, adding they believe the deaths to be drug related and not the result of violence.

The grim discovery was made shortly before 2:45 p.m. on Outlook Drive in Washington Heights.

According to the maintenance man, he had to conduct scheduled maintenance for the apartment. The maintenance man knocked on the apartment door several times and received no answer. At this time he entered the apartment with his master key. Once inside the apartment he immediately observed two males that were unresponsive. The maintenance man notified his immediate supervisor who then called for emergency services, Worcester police said in a statement.

The two males in the front portion of the apartment were deceased. A third victim was located in the rear portion of the apartment. He, too, was deceased.

The mens names were not immediately released pending notification of their families.

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A handyman who went to a Worcester apartment yesterday for a scheduled maintenance call stumbled upon the bodies of three men, said police, adding they believe the deaths to be drug related and not the result of violence.

The grim discovery was made shortly before 2:45 p.m. on Outlook Drive in Washington Heights.

According to the maintenance man, he had to conduct scheduled maintenance for the apartment. The maintenance man knocked on the apartment door several times and received no answer. At this time he entered the apartment with his master key. Once inside the apartment he immediately observed two males that were unresponsive. The maintenance man notified his immediate supervisor who then called for emergency services, Worcester police said in a statement.

The two males in the front portion of the apartment were deceased. A third victim was located in the rear portion of the apartment. He, too, was deceased.

The mens names were not immediately released pending notification of their families.

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