• Netgear's 2026 IoT Security Landscape Report found TVs, smart plugs and storage drives accounted for two-thirds of known device vulnerabilities.
• Bitdefender recorded 4,850,000,000 automated intrusion attempts over nine months, with password-guessing attempts totaling 466,600,000.
• Households retain smart devices for 5 to 10 years, while manufacturers typically provide security updates for just 2 to 4 years.
• The report warned shared components could expose multiple brands to a single flaw, highlighting manufacturers' security-update records as a purchasing consideration.

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