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HoneyBot Lures in Digital Troublemakers

A robot designed to defend factories against cyber threats

Georgia Tech News Center
Tue, 04/10/2018 - 12:02
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It’s small enough to fit inside a shoebox, yet this robot on four wheels has a big mission: keeping factories and other large facilities safe from hackers.

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Meet the HoneyBot. Developed by a team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the diminutive device is designed to lure in digital troublemakers who have set their sights on industrial facilities. HoneyBot will then trick the bad actors into giving up valuable information to cybersecurity professionals.

Cybersecurity experts have a new tool in the fight against hackers: a decoy robot. Researchers at Georgia Tech built the “HoneyBot” to lure hackers into thinking they have taken control of a robot, but instead the robot gathers valuable information about the bad actors, helping businesses better protect themselves from future attacks.

The decoy robot arrives as more and more devices—never designed to operate on the internet—are coming online in homes and factories alike, opening up a new range of possibilities for hackers looking to wreak havoc in both the digital and physical worlds.

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