{"id":2404,"date":"2017-03-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/how-a-smart-home-is-at-risk\/"},"modified":"2017-03-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T00:00:00","slug":"how-a-smart-home-is-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/how-a-smart-home-is-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Smart Home Is at Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Smart homes<\/a> can be susceptible to viruses, if homeowners aren\u2019t careful.<\/p>\n

Many smart home devices are vulnerable, security experts say. A flood of inexpensive security cameras, thermostats, and other internet-connected devices have come to the market, and many of them are carrying minimal safeguards against remote hacking, The Wall Street Journal<\/em> reports. What\u2019s more, often times, many owners don\u2019t realize their devices contain malicious software.<\/p>\n

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These threats are allowing hackers to do everything from peer into internet-enabled cameras to infecting digital thermostats to attacking computers where bank account information or sensitive data is available.<\/p>\n

“The devices continue to function and that’s mostly what the owners are concerned about,” says Steve McGregory, a researcher at security firm Ixia. “Who’s responsible for it? There’s a line of people that you could look at and say, ‘You should probably do more.'”<\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal<\/em> offers up some of the following tips from experts on how to better secure a smart home:<\/p>\n