When The Internet of Things Attacks! Parsing The IoT Botnet Story

The piece examines Proofpoint's assertion that a large spam campaign was powered by an IoT botnet (including TVs, routers and a refrigerator), reviews historical examples of router-based botnets and malware like Darlloz that targets Linux-based embedded devices, and concludes that although IoT compromises are plausible and growing, the specific claim about a refrigerator-sourced botnet is not well substantiated and likely premature.