setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoHackers can infect network-connected wrenches to install ransomwarearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square162linkfedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down18cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1400arrow-down1external-linkHackers can infect network-connected wrenches to install ransomwarearstechnica.comsetVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square162linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agosurely we’re in the billions of IoT devices with malware by now right
minus-squareSuddenlyBlowGreen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years 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-up2·2 years 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