Connected home devices face a surge in cyberattacks

The average household now contains 22 connected home devices and is subjected to nearly 29 attacks each day, almost triple the rate recorded last year. This the key finding of a new joint report from Bitdefender and NETGEAR which highlights how the expanding Internet of Things ecosystem, spanning everything from smart TVs and streaming boxes to routers and cameras, has dramatically increased consumer exposure to automated cyberattacks and large-scale exploitation. “The explosion of connected devices has transformed homes into complex digital ecosystems, but it’s also made every lightbulb, camera, and router a potential target,” says Ciprian Istrate, senior vice president… [Continue Reading]