ZIEN
Showcases Robot Vacuum Hacking Techniques at AIoT International Conference, Highlighting Emerging Attack Surfaces
ZIEN, a leading intelligent connected security platform company, announced that it has been named the Security Excellence Award winner at the 2025 AIoT Innovation Awards, hosted by the Korea Intelligent IoT Association. The award ceremony, held on November 26, recognized ZIEN for its proven AI-driven IoT and AIoT security capabilities and the company’s strong potential for industry-wide application. Jointly organized by the association and eight partner institutions, the AIoT Innovation Awards spotlight outstanding innovators across technology, product, and service categories. ZIEN was selected as the leading company in the Security category.
The company’s core technology—covering firmware vulnerability analysis, AI-powered mitigation strategy automation, and global security compliance support—was highly evaluated for its ability to help manufacturers embed robust security into IoT products from the earliest stages. In particular, ZIEN’s Z-IoT security platform was praised for its AI-driven analysis that identifies vulnerabilities, automatically recommends remediation strategies, and maps findings to global regulatory standards, demonstrating significant scalability and industry applicability.
On November 27, the day following the award ceremony, ZIEN CEO Youngmin Cho delivered a keynote presentation at the AIoT International Conference held at COEX. His session, titled “Robot Vacuums: The New Attack Surface in the AIoT Era,” explored how everyday AIoT devices can become entry points for sophisticated cyberattacks. The presentation detailed real-world attack scenarios—including firmware extraction, network traffic interception, and unauthorized camera control—and demonstrated how these threat vectors can be used to systematically derive an AIoT device’s attack surface. Cho also outlined proactive, firmware-based security hardening methods and practical, test-bed-driven mitigation approaches aimed at strengthening the overall safety of AIoT products. The session drew strong engagement from attendees due to its hands-on analysis and device-centric case studies.
“We are honored to receive the Security Excellence Award at the 2025 AIoT Innovation Awards, which validates ZIEN’s leadership and technological strength in AIoT security,” said CEO Youngmin Cho. “During the conference, we demonstrated how attack surfaces in AIoT devices are evolving and emphasized the importance of building security into products from the manufacturing stage onward.”
Source: Venture Square