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The Internet of Things (IoT) carries the meaning of a developing prototype that focuses on the connection between devices, objects, sensors and users. Using IoT, the method of communications and interactions changes in form of ‘Human to Thing’ to ‘Thing to Thing’. IoT technology is rapidly evolving and spreading its technology influence across various domains including healthcare (personal and enterprise), smart campuses, smart homes, smart mobility, and Industry 4.0. As a result, a lot of IoT devices are being used as a crucial component as one of human made high-tech butlers of everyday lifestyle. This paper focuses on the IoT security threats and vulnerabilities that shall be considered in the implementation of IoT ecosystem by conducting a research in the area of smart home environment. The current security threats and vulnerabilities are being discussed in the contexts of the IoT architecture layers, which is the application layer, network layer and physical layer are also presented. This paper also provides an analysis of the possible threats and proposes possible solutions for improving the security of the IoT smart home, that may influence as beneficial factors that are able to promote a secured eco-system of IoT devices in smart home operational environment.
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The authors would like to thank the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia for supporting this research under the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) RACER with code number RACER/1/2019/ICT04/UPNM/2. This project is also supported by National Defense University Malaysia (NDUM).
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Awang, N.F., Zainudin, A.F.I.M., Marzuki, S., Alsagoff, S.N., Tajuddin, T., Jarno, A.D. (2021). Security and Threats in the Internet of Things Based Smart Home. In: Saeed, F., Mohammed, F., Al-Nahari, A. (eds) Innovative Systems for Intelligent Health Informatics. IRICT 2020. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 72. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70713-2_61
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