Report: Hell is Unpatched Systems

The article warns that insecure, hard-to-manage embedded devices—home routers and broadband modems with hard-coded credentials and limited logging—are creating large attack surfaces; researchers (IOActive, Team Cymru) have identified widespread vulnerabilities and botnets (e.g., “TheMoon”) that could be leveraged for malware distribution, spam, and large-scale DDoS attacks against ISPs and infrastructure.