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October 4, 2016 09:40 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Lig-Xs3If1w/the-malware-thats-pwning-the.html
The malware that's pwning the Internet of Things is terrifyingly amateurish
Following the release of the sourcecode for the Mirai botnet, which was used to harness DVRs, surveillance cameras and other Internet of Things things into one of the most powerful denial-of-service attacks the internet has ever seen, analysts have gone over its sourcecode and found that the devastatingly effective malware was strictly amateur-hour, a stark commentary on the even worse security in the millions and millions of IoT devices we've welcomed into our homes. (more…)
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