Security News > 2017 > April > Mirai and Hajime Locked Into IoT Botnet Battle (Threatpost)

2017-04-21 13:26
A white hat hacker is believed responsible for the Hajime IoT botnet because its main objective appears to be to secure IoT devices vulnerable to the notorious Mirai malware.
News URL
http://threatpost.com/mirai-and-hajime-locked-into-iot-botnet-battle/125112/
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