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For a while the infamous Mirai botnet could have exploited your IoT devices to mine Bitcoins

For a while the infamous Mirai botnet could have exploited your IoT devices to mine Bitcoins

IoT-exploiting malware like Mirai is continually evolving, as online criminals look for new ways to make money.

David Bisson reports.

Graham Cluley

18 Notorious And Infamous Viruses, Worms And Botnets – EFY Times (press release)


EFY Times (press release)

18 Notorious And Infamous Viruses, Worms And Botnets
EFY Times (press release)
In an Analysis conducted in 2012 which included the servers used to control the Flame malware it was found that several other related types of malware were existing, including some with direct connection to Stuxnet (worm believed to be created by the 

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Famous hacker suddenly finds himself infamous, in some quarters (Sam Stanton/Sacramento Bee)

Sam Stanton / Sacramento Bee:
Famous hacker suddenly finds himself infamous, in some quarters  —  On Thursday afternoon, Adrian Lamo sat quietly in the corner of a Starbucks inside the Carmichael Safeway, tapping on a laptop that requires his thumbprint to turn on and answering his cell phone.

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