Will Ransomware target our TV sets and coffee machines next?

Antivirus software company Avast warns against attacks on internet-connected home appliances

TVs, coffee machines, audio systems and other several home appliances which are connected to the internet, can now be under threat from hackers as warned by leading antivirus software, Avast. 

The Prague-based company registers 444 million users and prevents 3.5 billion malware attacks and 500 million visits to harmful websites every month and thus listed a number of vulnerable appliances such as TV sets, audio systems, coffee machines and toys. 
 

With the recent and the biggest breach of cybersecurity in the history of the internet, the Ransomware attack, hackers may target different home appliances through home connected routers. Avast