Monday, May 04, 2026

Hero Ben Brundage - Are Tiny Networked Devices in Your Home Part of a BotNet?

WSJ resource : https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/residential-proxy-network-cybersecurity-botnets-03856c7f

https://spur.us/context/me (from the podcast show notes)

If he hadn't taken time off studying for his finals, the internet might have died - so says the WSJ :)


Bigger than Stuxnet, but KimWolf was no match for Benjamin Brundage of Seattle

Back to the point : if you're making money off your network, but sharing bandwidth, be warned. Who does that anyway? Are ghetto people that smart? Maybe word gets around