Kaspersky: Malware Attacks on IoT More Than Double Those in 2016

Kaspersky Lab honeypot research (Jan–Apr 2017) observed more than 7,200 distinct IoT malware samples—over double the prior year—and large-scale automated connection attempts (primarily telnet, some SSH) leveraging default credentials, exposed services, and unpatched firmware to recruit devices into botnets and enable spying or other malicious use; the report details attacker geographies, activity patterns, and recommended mitigations (disable unnecessary network access, change defaults, update firmware).