Probably check on your smart appliances
A security researcher has discovered that a massive volume of web scraping traffic originates from compromised smart appliances acting as proxies. The data suggests that global botnet activity is significantly higher than previously tracked by standard threat lists.
Why it matters
The proliferation of insecure IoT devices poses a growing threat to internet infrastructure and website integrity through automated scraping and potential malware distribution.
TL;DR: is your refrigerator running malware? If so, you better catch it!
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