Bitdefender and NETGEAR 2026 IoT Report Reveals Growing Threat Exposure Throughout the Connected Home
Bitdefender and NETGEAR released the joint 2026 IoT Security Landscape Report, analyzing 5.4 billion security events across roughly 10.4 million smart homes from January through September 2026. The research finds the average home now has 24 connected devices, up from 22 last year, with reconnaissance making up 90.1% of detected attack activity and smart TVs leading vulnerability observations.
Key figures
- Smart homes sampled
- 10400000
- Security events analyzed
- 5400000000
- Vulnerability observations
- 1200000000
- Avg connected devices per home
- 24
- Avg connected devices prior year
- 22
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