Grumpy Old Geeks Topics Hide and Seek botnet Topic Hide and Seek botnet 3 mentions in 1 episode An Internet of Things botnet discussed for its rapid growth and custom peer-to-peer communication protocol. Mentions 244: So Proud of Me Jan 29, 2018 50:14 There's a new Internet of Things botnet. 50:31 It's called Hide and Seek or HNS for short. 50:48 this one is a custom one, which they're saying makes it a little harder to shut down