{"id":59814,"date":"2025-12-09T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/as-humanoid-robots-enter-the-mainstream-security-pros-flag-the-risk-of-botnets-on-legs\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:00:10","slug":"as-humanoid-robots-enter-the-mainstream-security-pros-flag-the-risk-of-botnets-on-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/as-humanoid-robots-enter-the-mainstream-security-pros-flag-the-risk-of-botnets-on-legs\/","title":{"rendered":"As humanoid robots enter the mainstream, security pros flag the risk of botnets on legs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interview<\/span> Imagine botnets in physical form and you’ve got a pretty good idea of what could go wrong with the influx of AI-infused humanoid robots expected to integrate into society over the next few decades.<\/p>\n

Morgan Stanley<\/a> recently predicted robot revenue could surpass $5 trillion by 2050, and firms including Unitree Robotics, Agility Robotics, and Engineered Art<\/a>, along with major carmakers including BMW<\/a>,  Toyota<\/a>, Tesla<\/a>, and Hyundai<\/a> (which also owns Boston Dynamics), are all developing humanoid robots.<\/p>\n

These bipedal machines and their four-legged friends are slated for use on the battlefield<\/a> and in law enforcement operations<\/a>, in labs and academia, plus warehouses and manufacturing facilities<\/a>. As such, building security into these robots “is imperative,” Joseph Rooke, risk insights director at Recorded Future’s Insikt Group, told The Register<\/em>.<\/p>\n