When hackers get hacked: Sam Curry on his career — and his latest research

Sam Curry discusses multiple recent security investigations on the ConversingLabs podcast: a remotely exploitable flaw in a KIA web server that could expose vehicle owners’ PII, a broadband router compromise tied to phishing infrastructure and potentially linked to an ISP device-management API or embedded firmware flaw, and discovered weaknesses in airport pilot credential-validation systems. The piece highlights systemic risks in IoT, telematics, and critical-infrastructure software and calls for greater transparency and improved security practices.