IoT & Hardware Security

IoT device hacking, embedded system vulnerabilities, hardware attacks

4 articles

America’s critical infrastructure still runs on controllers old enough to buy on eBay

Critical infrastructure operators are still securing decades-old industrial controllers, often using secondhand parts as legacy OT risk grows.

2 min readMar 21

Kimwolf botnet infiltrates 2 million IoT devices in critical infrastructure networks

Kimwolf botnet compromises 2M+ IoT devices in govt/corporate networks, enabling DDoS attacks & malicious traffic relay through sophisticated lateral movement.

6 min readMar 18

International law enforcement dismantles SocksEscort botnet: 369,000 compromised ips used for global cybercrime

International law enforcement dismantles SocksEscort botnet that compromised 369,000 IPs across 163 countries, enabling large-scale fraud through infected routers.

4 min readMar 18

Unmasking Badbox 2.0: How Kimwolf gang's bragging revealed the android TV botnet operators

Kimwolf botnet operators accidentally exposed Badbox 2.0's Android TV streaming device botnet through bragging screenshots, giving FBI and Google new leads.

6 min readMar 17