I can see how Al-Qaeda could disrupt the entire industry if they reprogram the coffeemaker to decaf.

goggles cause i wont go near a jura without them

From the linked article "Best yet, the software allows a remote attacker to gain access to the Windows XP system it is running on at the level of the user."

Paris, as even she wouldn't put XP on a coffee machine

What could they go, make the machine order coffee from a specific region thus atrifically inflating price and letting them gain word dominance based on your caffine addiction.

OH MY GOD!!! WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!! THIS IS THE END OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION!!!

Given the temperature of the coffee, this would surely be a "scalding" buffer overflow rather than "chilling".

That most people may not pay a great deal of attention to security until the networked and automated office coffee maker has been hacked?

Networked coffee. YEAH!!!!

...for that evil collaborating coffee machine!

it probably spends evennings and weekends reading 'training manuals' and child porn!

... I'm redirected here?

El Reg: Dredging the barrel that feeds IT.

A buffer overflow on this type of asset should be especially dangerous.

"allows users to select "coffee specialities" via their PCs"

I was hoping that the net connected machine could put the weather forecast in the choccy toppings, or something equally imaginative... turns out they've just made a fancy remote control!

Now, how to convert a printer to print chocolate???

IGMC in a minute:

The last thing we need in a modern office is a coffee machine that's susceptible to [buffer] overflow

<dullard> Is it Java compatible? </dullard>

Coat, got.

...the old linux howto

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Coffee.html

flames because that's what my flat would be in if I tried it myself!

Surely that would be when you get more than a cup full and it ends up pouring all over your feet?

so this is a JAVA exploit then?

Brings new meaning to NetBeans vulnerability.

No problems with butter overruns?

You made it up? And it's in the headline? Sensationalist much?

"From the linked article 'Best yet, the software allows a remote attacker to gain access to the Windows XP system it is running on at the level of the user.'

Paris, as even she wouldn't put XP on a coffee machine"

Maybe they chose XP because it's the smilie that most clearly describes the coffee it makes...?

Only paedos and Terr'ists? I guess that's just 'coz it's a simple embedded device. Were it a full-featured user device then we'd get Drugs and Organised Crime too, and then you'd have to register before using one.

Hey, that wouldn't be so bad. ASIO could monitor your caffeine consumption and see if your cardiac problems are due to excess consumption? If so Medicare won't have to pay. Taxpayers would be thrilled! And what about children drinking coffee?

Skull-n-crossbones because in the future only hackers 'n pirates will use unlicensed coffee machines.

...filters would be appropriate then.

OK, alright, I'm going.

You can mess with my PC but please not the coffee machine.

The future is not looking bright.

Surely this could be used by terrorists as a comms device. Simply connect to the internet:

Columbian Espresso - Send more money

Espressochoc - Attack now

Expect the door to be kicked down, and heavily armed officers will be removing your coffee machine.

Surely that would be.....

A WAR ON THE DECAF!

Taxi for pctechxp!

Haha, reminds me of the RFC :

"... This document describes HTCPCP, a protocol for controlling,

monitoring, and diagnosing coffee pots.

1. Rationale and Scope

There is coffee all over the world. Increasingly, in a world in which

computing is ubiquitous, the computists want to make coffee. Coffee

brewing is an art, but the distributed intelligence of the web-

connected world transcends art. Thus, there is a strong, dark, rich

requirement for a protocol designed espressoly for the brewing of

coffee. Coffee is brewed using coffee pots. Networked coffee pots

require a control protocol if they are to be controlled. "

lolz. Death by Nescafe.

ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2324.txt