Cyber risks - the Internet of Things

As more and more adverts on televison  and the Internet extol the virtues of being able to control your heating / lights / washing machine / CCTV  etc from your phone I wonder how many have thought of the potential for cyber attacks?

All of these devices use The Internet of Things to connect devices together - with factory set passwords - often hard coded so that they cannot be changed.  As personal computers are starting to become more secure other, less protected devices are becoming targets - with a view to enabling a third party to take them over and potentially bombard targets with traffic.   Were a hacker to start using your gagets to spy on you - potentially collecting valuable data along the way.

Often, business owners will take their work home - and with cloud based storeage the days of having to carry boxfuls of files have long gone.    Many will have spent considerable sums on having a robust defense in the Office including firewalls / anti virus software / Policies and procedures on Internet / Data useage etc.  

Is the home "safe as houses?"...something to think about.....






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