Misconfigured DIY smart-home hubs for home automation could allow attackers to track owners’ movements, see if smart doors and windows are opened or closed, and even open garage doors.

The issue resides in the lightweight Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol, favored in IoT networks to transfer data between machines. When implementing it at home, users are required to ...

MQTT essentials – Scenarios and the pub-sub pattern MQTT essentials – Clients, servers, and connections MQTT essentials – Subscribing to topics ...