setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoHackers can infect network-connected wrenches to install ransomwarearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldtools@lemmy.worldsecurity@lemmy.ml
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkHackers can infect network-connected wrenches to install ransomwarearstechnica.comsetVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square158fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldtools@lemmy.worldsecurity@lemmy.ml
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agosurely we’re in the billions of IoT devices with malware by now right
minus-squareSuddenlyBlowGreen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoBy the end of its first day, Mirai had infected over 65,000 IoT devices. By its second day, Mirai already accounted for half of all Internet telnet scans observed by our collective set of honeypots, as shown in the figure above. At its peak in November 2016 Mirai had infected over 600,000 IoT devices. And that’s just 1 botnet out of many.
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoAnd 8 years ago, while IoT has grown exponentially
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surely we’re in the billions of IoT devices with malware by now right
By the end of its first day, Mirai had infected over 65,000 IoT devices. By its second day, Mirai already accounted for half of all Internet telnet scans observed by our collective set of honeypots, as shown in the figure above. At its peak in November 2016 Mirai had infected over 600,000 IoT devices.
And that’s just 1 botnet out of many.
And 8 years ago, while IoT has grown exponentially