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From Toasters to Botnets: Securing Everyday IoT
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- Nov 18, 2025
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Summary
Send us fan mail! Hello to all our Cyber Squirrels! Host Selena Larson, and guest host, Tim Kromphardt sit down with Tony Robinson — Senior Security Research Engineer and “rule magician” from Proofpoint’s Emerging Threats team. Tony shares the story behind IoT Hunter, an open-source tool he created to automate writing detection rules for Internet of Things (IoT) vulnerabilities. From routers and smart cameras to industrial control systems, Tony breaks down how IoT Hunter helps researchers and...