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Mobile and IoT attacks – SophosLabs 2019 Threat Report

"As internet users migrate from desktop and laptop computers to mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) platforms, cybercriminals are too". Reblog with caption 🙃

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Wifatch, le malware bienveillant qui s'attaque aux objets connectés pour les sécuriser

#Wifatch, le malware bienveillant qui s'attaque aux #objetsconnectés pour les sécuriser #IoT

Symantec publie des informations sur le malware Wifatch qui, plutôt que de chercher à nuire à l’utilisateur des objets connectés contaminés, colmate leurs failles de sécurité pour mieux les protéger. A force d’en parler, il fallait bien que cela arrive. La toile bruisse actuellement du nom du nouveau malware à la mode : Linu Wifatch, un logiciel espion qui pourrait finalement s’avérer bénéfique…

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Linux.Wifatch compromises routers and other Internet of Things devices and appears to try and improve infected devices’ security.

Not the first, and certainly not the last “fix-the-shiternet’ botnet.

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Home routers 'vaccinated' by benign virus

Home routers ‘vaccinated’ by benign virus

PA  The Wifatch virus seems to vaccinate routers against many web attacks A benevolent virus has been used to harden more than 10,000 home routers against cyber-attacks, says a security firm. Symantec says the Wifatch program is closing loopholes and fixing bugs on routers it infects. Routers are being increasingly targeted by criminals keen to steal data or to help with large-scale web attacks.…

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