On June 5, 2025 at 11:00 a.m., the 32nd lecture of the Living Lab lecture series took place. In this talk, Victor Jüttner (Leipzig University) talked about Cybersecurity in the Smart Home.
In this lecture, we explored why a usable interface to the home network is essential in smart homes, especially as smart devices become more widespread. To help users stay informed about ongoing threats, we proposed using LLMs to generate actionable security notifications that empower users to take cybersecurity into their own hands. These notifications are based on expert systems like intrusion detection systems and are tailored to users with varying levels of technical knowledge. Victor Jüttner demonstrated how we generate these messages, motivated the need for such a system in the smart home context, and presented:
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