Apps of 16 popular smart home devices vulnerable to cyberattack, report says
The Hindu
The popularity of smart home devices means people are at risk of cyber intrusions, and IoT devices can be leveraged to spy on victims.
Apps of Google Home, Amazon Echo and 14 other smart home devices contain “critical cryptographic flaws” that could allow hackers to intercept and modify traffic, according to a study by Florida Tech University.
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The researchers assessed 20 devices in which perpetrators tried intercepting communication between parties through credentials theft and spying. Of these, 16 failed to implement security measures, enabling dangerous attacks, the report noted.
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