A variety of network-controlled home automation devices lack basic security controls, researchers say. The devices can be accessed and controlled by anyone from the local network, they say. Trustwave researchers plan to discuss vulnerabilities they discovered in several such products. One of the more interesting devices they tested was a home automation gateway system called VeraLite. The company responded that these are not vulnerabilities but intended features that exist by design, the researcher says.Mi Casa Verde did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent via email.”]

