home network security News

Connected Homes Heighten Need for Personal Cyber Insurance

Eight out of ten U.S. consumers have a home data network and more than a third of them connect entertainment systems, gaming consoles and other smart devices to the Internet. The same survey suggests that all of this connectedness is …

U.S. Claims Home-Networking Firm D-Link Poses Hacking Risk

A U.S. consumer protection watchdog sued a Taiwan-based maker of home-networking equipment over claims that lax security left its products vulnerable to hackers. The Federal Trade Commission alleged that D-Link Corp. and a U.S. unit failed to secure their routers …