Tripwire security researcher Craig Young presented Smart Home Invasion at a European Technical Research Conference in June. He found all three best-selling smart hubs on Amazon have critical security flaws that could “lead to unlocked doors and unsolicited access into a person’s home network” The holes in both SmartThings and Vera products were patched, but that means the user must apply the patches. Compromised Internet nodes have intrinsic value for hackers looking to disguise the source of attacks or simply steal bandwidth. As with the many other embedded devices, attackers will naturally be looking to attack these systems and install backdoor software for use in spam and DDoS campaigns.”]