October 2025 Round Up
A short summary digest of key smart home highlights from Linkdhome and the wider industry for the month of October 2025.
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August 2025 Round Up
A short summary digest of key smart home highlights from Linkdhome and the wider industry for the month of August 2025.
June 2025 Round Up
A short summary digest of key smart home highlights from Linkdhome and the wider industry for the month of June 2025.
Security Concerns Plague Popular Video Doorbells
Cheap consumer camera products are always a risky proposition when it comes to privacy. Eken video doorbells show us just how bad things can get when companies don’t care.
All WiFi devices likely impacted by FragAttacks
Some fixable design flaws in the WiFi standard, coupled with a bunch of implementation issues, means that virtually all WiFi devices are at risk.
Finally, some privacy control for Ring cameras
Ring has been under increasing scrutiny for their commitment to privacy for a while. This new feature throws users a bone.
Smart Camera Security
While not necessarily building a smart home, many families now have connected TVs and media players, and increasingly are opting for connected cameras. Unfortunately these cameras are proving to be the greatest weak point in home networks.
Legrand brings HomeKit power options to Australia
For users of HomeKit in Australia and New Zealand, smart power outlet options have been pretty scarce. Now Australian electrical supplier HPM is bringing a range of smart in-wall devices through it’s parent’s ownership of smart device company Netatmo.
IoT worms Mirai and Gafgyt get an upgrade
The Mirai worm is arguably the most well known as the source of massive attacks in the past. Things have been quiet on that front in the recent past, but research from Palo Alto networks has uncovered a new variant of both the Mirai and Gafgyt worm families that expand their attack profile.
Logitech Harmony Hub exploit allows complete home takeover
Smart home hubs are growing in popularity, largely through the necessity of tying dozens of disparate devices together in the home. Logitech’s offering, the Harmony Hub, is a popular choice which has been examined by security firm Tenable and found lacking.
HomeKit issues linger under iOS 12
Assuming you have adequate WiFi and Bluetooth coverage for your devices, HomeKit users have had smooth sailing for a year. However, with the release of iOS 12, multiple users have reported a plethora of issues, most notably with Bluetooth devices.
Ring videos completely open to employees: insider
Using any connected camera products comes with an unstated element of risk, and those of us with some sense of the inherent risks of connected devices deploy them with that in mind. Even so, we tend to hope that the service provider treats our video content with the appropriate level of encryption and privacy controls.
Sonos and Bose smart speakers left exposed
Sometimes even the respected players can stumble. If your Sonos (or Bose) speaker has been acting weird lately, researchers at Trend Micro may have found the answer.
The KRACK attack: How does it affect your smarthome?
After reading up on the various tech coverage of the last couple of weeks, things have settled down somewhat. We've gone through the usual phases of "ZOMG everything is broken!", through "It's bad, but not as bad as we thought" and now we've landed on "OK, we can work with this".
Lacklustre security on D-Link 850L and DWR-932B
When device makers are unable, or unwilling, to put the effort into the security of consumer networking products, innocent people are left exposed to the very real threat of personal and financial damage. See how D-Link is doing things wrong.
AT&T U-Verse modems horrendously insecure
Analysis of U-Verse modem firmware has revealed a slew of major vulnerabilities in what can only be called a security house of horrors for AT&T customers. The exposure is glaring and complete that all AT&T customers need to take action immediately. Read on to see just how bad things are.
Chinese security camera maker exposed in security farce
In a case of unbelievably bad security design, researchers at Bitdefender have exposed a range of cheap security cameras in a perfect case study of how to do IoT wrong, and why poor device security is a major problem.
Ring announces Spotlight Cam
Following on from the Floodlight Cam product is a new range of smaller LED-lit security cameras intended to plug gaps in the coverage of any installed Floodlight Cams you might have.
Ring announces two new doorbell products
Two new products in the Ring doorbell lineup were announced this month. But if you already have a Ring Video Doorbell, there's nothing to get too excited about.
Have Foscam IP Cameras? You might want to patch those
IP Cameras have been particularly bad citizens, with exposed Telnet ports and poor privacy controls have gained some high profile attention in the past. Scandinavian Security company F-Secure has now turned it's attention to popular home security models made by Foscam.