Smart Homes at Risk Due to Unpatched Vulnerabilities, Weak Credentials

guest · Feb 25, 2019

Smart Homes at Risk Due to Unpatched Vulnerabilities, Weak Credentials
February 25, 2019
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...o-unpatched-vulnerabilities-weak-credentials/

The security exposure risk is quite significant considering that roughly 40.3% of all smart households come with at least five devices connected to the Internet.

As discovered by Avast, out of all devices exposed directly to the Internet, routers are the ones most targeted because they're the ones which act as a central hub for all other Internet-connected electronics in smart homes.
Printers are the most vulnerable devices
"59.7% of routers have weak credentials or some vulnerabilities" and "59.1% of users worldwide have never logged into their router or have never updated its firmware" says Avast.

"It only takes one weak device to let in a bad hacker and once they are on the network, they can access other devices, and the personal data they stream or store, including live videos and voice recordings," said Avast President Ondrej Vlcek.
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Avast: "2019 Smart Home Security Report" (PDF - 366 KB): https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/486579/avast_smart_home_report_feb_2019.pdf

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