Security of SmartThings ecosystem

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Platform Security

Continuing the discussion from Security holes in the 3 most popular smart home hubs and Honeywell Tuxedo Touch: As I mentioned in another post, I work in InfoSec and thought it would be useful to have a dedicated threat focused on ideas to improve the Smartthings platform as well as mobile App Security. @pstuart already did a good job capturing some below. We need 2 factor authentication, yesterday. We need a better api for developers to leverage to handle authentication and authorization for their apps. We need a web interface to manage users and to revoke integrations with 3rd parties. We should have configurable login expirations for the mobile app. iOs should support the fingerprint sensor. I have a whole list on what Smartthings should be doing on the backend, but that is not r…

Network Security: A guide to securing your IoT home

Hello everyone! I wanted to put together a post that I think will help educate people on how to secure their home network in the IoT world. Some of you may ask why I think this post may be necessary. Here’s the deal, most of the big IoT companies take security very seriously, and SmartThings recently came out on top as far as security goes with smart home devices (Congrats STs!!) Your network security is only secure as the weakest point of entry. So although SmartThings, and others, take the security of their product seriously, if you do not take the security of your own network as seriously your network can be vulnerable. Keeping your network secure from 99% of the world is relatively easy with a few simple steps. I will go over some of the things you can do to secure your home netw…

Zigbee Security Flaw

Researchers find major security flaw with ZigBee smart home devices Don’t know if anyone else saw this, and if it’s just Engadget trying to scare up some news, but it’s interesting nonetheless. I am not technical enough to comment, but I wanted to get some thoughts.