Nearly all the fancy hardware in your connected home is inherently flawed when it comes to security. That’s one of the painful takeaways from a new report by Synack, a subscription Security-as-as-Service (SaaS) startup in Menlo Park, California. The company’s analysis will be a rude awakening for anyone who thinks they have a bullet-proof home-security system, whether it’s a DIY project or a pricey custom job.
We became aware of Synack’s study on Wednesday via this
Gigaom story, but we covered the relative insecurity of
routers and IP security cameras nearly a year ago, and that of
network-attached storage last August. Unfortunately, not much has changed since then.
