Security Analysis of Smart Home Devices: Smart Life and Philip Hue

Security of smart home devices has become paramount as these devices are now more popular in households and have started to play a major role in our daily lives. In this work, we looked into the security aspect of smart home devices by exploring their security mechanisms, and adverse impact when comprising and identifying end-user knowledge and technical requirements for securing Smart Home networks. We performed a penetration test to identify vulnerabilities within two main Smart Home apps (Smart Life and Philip Hue). During our analysis and evaluation, we found that these devices are insecure and have security vulnerabilities of defaulted passwords, unauthorised users on the Smart Home network and key data being transmitted in clear text. We further designed and implemented a solution for minimising such vulnerabilities.