Hackers are eyeing your connected devices

As our homes and gadgets like speakers, TVs and fridges begin talking to each other with rising frequency, ushering the Internet of Things (IoT) era, they are simultaneously becoming increasingly vulnerable to hacker attacks.

Last month, security firm Trend Micro revealed in a report how an attacker can monitor activity within the home or building through sensors, cameras, and any other device capable of collecting information from its surroundings.

On Wednesday, just a day after we celebrated World IoT Day, a report by security firm Sophos revealed that when it laid honeypots, Mumbai received over 600,000 brute-force login attacks in the one-month period that Sophos researchers conducted the study.