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November 2, 2016 03:16 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/gpeVl-QAgBQ/new-fast-spreading-iot-botnet.html
New, fast-spreading IoT botnet hybridizes two less-effective strains to achieve quick dominance
Linux/IRCTelnet is a new strain of Internet of Things malware that borrows its password-guessing routines from Mirai, the malware that helped take down Paypal, Netflix and Twitter, and adds them to the scanning routines from a newer IoT bot called Bashlight. (more…)
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/gpeVl-QAgBQ/new-fast-spreading-iot-botnet.html
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