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Unexpectedly benevolent malware improves security of routers, IoT devices (Help Net Security)

2015-10-02 12:30

At this point in time, the existence of a botnet comprising of tens of thousands of compromised routers and other IoT devices is not news. Nevertheless, this latest one mapped by researchers is a spec...

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/kVFhcEdAQj8/malware_news.php

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