New, by me: Tech Firms Dismantle Botnet That Turned 1.3M TV Boxes Into Proxies
Google said today it worked with industry partners to dismantle a botnet made up of more than 1.3 million Android TV set-top boxes that ship with malicious software which secretly rents the user’s Internet connection out to strangers and conducts advertising fraud. Experts involved in the takedown say the action is likely to sever the botnet’s access to more than 10 million additional compromised systems, including other Internet of Things (IoT) products such as Android-based healthcare devices and karaoke machines.
@briankrebs The IOT is turning out to be a hackers paradise. This example plus hackers setting freezers and chillers at 50 C in Europe so all the stock is ruined are just two examples. A crntralised Internet is like a centralised electricity generation and distribution network. Vulnerable and high risk.